A first look at the structure of the wave pouch during the 2009 PREDICT-GRIP dry runs over the Atlantic

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1144-1163

  Wang, Zhuo ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b,c   Fritz, Cody ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Mesoscale processes; Mesoscale systems; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL LAYER; DEEP CONVECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; DRY-AIR INTRUSIONS; EASTERLY WAVE; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; FIRST LOOK; HURRICANE SEASON; HURRICANE-INTENSITY FORECAST; LAGRANGIAN; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MIDTROPOSPHERE; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; RECIRCULATION REGIONS; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL EASTERLIES; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL SHEAR;

FORECASTING; HURRICANES; NASA; NATURAL CONVECTION; STORMS; TROPICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861549558     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05063.1     Document Type: Article

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