A ventilation index for tropical cyclones

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1901-1912

  Tang, Brian ^a,c   Emanuel, Kerry ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; METEOROLOGY;

HURRICANES;

EID: 84871297447     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00165.1     Document Type: Article

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