Time evolution of the intensity and size of tropical cyclones

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Musgrave, Kate D ^a   Taft, Richard K ^b   Vigh, Jonathan L ^c   McNoldy, Brian D ^d   Schubert, Wayne H ^b  

^a Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; HURRICANES; KINETICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DIABATIC FORCING; INERTIAL STABILITY; SECOND-ORDER PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPATIALLY VARYING COEFFICIENTS; STATIC STABILITY; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

VORTEX FLOW;

HEATING; ROSSBY NUMBER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABILIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX;

EID: 84867692146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011MS000104     Document Type: Article

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