On the initial development of asymmetric vertical motion and horizontal relative flow in a mature tropical cyclone embedded in environmental vertical shear

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3471-3491

  Xu, Yamei ^a,b   Wang, Yuqing ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE/DIVERGENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW; INITIAL DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY INVERSIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL GRADIENTS;

HURRICANES; STORMS;

SHEAR FLOW;

POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SHEAR; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 84888063773     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0335.1     Document Type: Article

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