Thermodynamic aspects of tropical cyclone formation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2433-2451

  Wang, Zhuo ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dropsondes; Hurricanes typhoons; Numerical analysis modeling; Tropical cyclones; Vortices

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL INFORMATION; CRITICAL LAYER; DEEP CONVECTION; DROPSONDE DATA; DROPSONDES; FIELD CAMPAIGN; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL SIMULATION; INCUBATION TIME; LAGRANGIAN; LATENT HEAT RELEASE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL AVERAGE; SPIN-UP; THERMODYNAMIC ASPECTS; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; HURRICANES; VORTEX FLOW;

THERMODYNAMICS;

CYCLOGENESIS; ENTRAINMENT; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; UPDRAFT; VORTEX SHEDDING; VORTICITY; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84867972799     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0298.1     Document Type: Article

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