Observations of air-sea interaction and intensity change in hurricanes

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2368-2382

  Cione, Joseph J ^a   Kalina, Evan A ^b   Zhang, Jun A ^c   Uhlhorn, Eric W ^d  

^a not available   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS; SEPARATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL HURRICANE INTENSITY PREDICTION SCHEME; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE MOISTURES; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84880708683     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00070.1     Document Type: Article

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