An investigation of composite dropsonde profiles for developing and nondeveloping tropical waves during the 2010 PREDICT field campaign

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 542-558

  Komaromi, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis cyclolysis; Dropsondes; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CYCLOGENESIS/CYCLOLYSIS; DROPSONDES; RECONNAISSANCE MISSION; RELATIVE VORTICITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HURRICANES; VORTICITY;

TROPICS;

CLOUD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 84874984917     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-052.1     Document Type: Article

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