GPS dropwindsonde and WSR-88D observations of tropical cyclone vertical wind profiles and their characteristics

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-99

  Giammanco, Ian M ^a   Schroeder, John L ^a   Powell, Mark D ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH; COMPOSITE PROFILES; GPS DROPWINDSONDE; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; RADIAL DISTANCE; SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VELOCITY-AZIMUTH DISPLAY;

WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; AZIMUTH; GPS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADIOSONDE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84874882027     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00155.1     Document Type: Article

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