An axisymmetric view of concentric eyewall evolution in Hurricane rita (2005)

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2414-2432

  Bell, Michael M ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b   Lee, Wen Chau ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Boundary layer; Dropsondes; Mesoscale processes; Radars Radar observations; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; AXISYMMETRIC; DIABATIC HEATING; DROPSONDES; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; EYEWALL; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HURRICANE RITA; INTENSITY CHANGE; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MULTI-PLATFORM; OBSERVATION PERIOD; RADIAL INFLOW; SPIN-UP; TANGENTIAL WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY STRUCTURE;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DOPPLER RADAR;

HURRICANES;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CYCLOGENESIS; DOPPLER RADAR; HURRICANE RITA 2005; KINETIC ENERGY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; VORTICITY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84867965310     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0167.1     Document Type: Article

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