Observations of the convective environment in developing and non-developing tropical disturbances

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 138, Issue 668, 2012, Pages 1721-1739

  Smith, Roger K ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclone intensification; GRIP; Hurricane formation; Hurricane spin up; IFEX; PREDICT; Tropical cyclogenesis

Indexed keywords

GRIP; IFEX; PREDICT; SPIN-UP; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS;

HURRICANES; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLOGENESIS; HURRICANE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL PROFILE; VORTICITY;

EID: 84868144443     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1910     Document Type: Article

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