A numerical study of rotating convection during tropical cyclogenesis

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 674, 2013, Pages 1255-1269

  Kilroy, Gerard ^a   Smith, Roger K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dry air; Moist convection; Vortical hot towers

Indexed keywords

DRY AIR; HOT TOWERS; MOIST CONVECTION; ROTATING CONVECTION; THERMAL PERTURBATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS;

AMPLIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; TROPICS;

VORTICITY;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; COLD AIR; CYCLOGENESIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

EID: 84880699040     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2022     Document Type: Article

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