How does the eye warm? Part II: Sensitivity to vertical wind shear and a trajectory analysis

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1849-1873

  Stern, Daniel P ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACE REGIONS; QUIESCENT ENVIRONMENTS; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; STATIC STABILITY; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HURRICANES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRAJECTORY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84881266097     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0258.1     Document Type: Article

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