Surface cold pools in the outer rainbands of tropical storm hanna (2008) near landfall

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 471-491

  Eastin, Matthew D ^a   Gardner, Tiffany L ^a   Link, M Christopher ^a   Smith, Kelly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold pools; Hurricanes; Rainbands

Indexed keywords

CAROLINAS; COLD POOL; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE INTENSITY; DISCRETE LINE; HIGH PRESSURE; LEADING EDGE; MIXING RATIOS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; QUASI-LINEAR; RAINBANDS; RAINFALL RATES; STORM CENTER; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL SHEAR;

HURRICANES; RAIN; STORMS;

LAKES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COLD POOL; HIGH PRESSURE; HURRICANE; MIXING RATIO; RAINBAND; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CAROLINA; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84863393517     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00099.1     Document Type: Article

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