Hurricane eyewall slope as determined from airborne radar reflectivity data: Composites and case studies

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 368-386

  Hazelton, Andrew T ^a   Hart, Robert E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS; INTENSITY CHANGE; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; REPLACEMENT CYCLES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

DIGITAL STORAGE; HURRICANES; RADAR; REFLECTION; SHEAR FLOW;

RESEARCH;

AZIMUTH; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADAR; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84878183298     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-12-00037.1     Document Type: Article

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