Mesoscale structural evolution of three tropical weather systems observed during PREDICT

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1284-1305

  Davis, Christopher A ^a   Ahijevych, David A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic ocean; Cyclogenesis cyclolysis; Mesoscale processes; Tropical cyclones; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CYCLOGENESIS; DEEP CONVECTION; DEEP MOIST CONVECTION; DRY AIR; GULFSTREAM; HURRICANE SEASON; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MESOSCALE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; SHEARED FLOW; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL SHEAR; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ALIGNMENT; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; HURRICANES; NASA; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CYCLOGENESIS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SHEAR FLOW; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84861471107     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0225.1     Document Type: Article

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