Asymmetric and axisymmetric dynamics of tropical cyclones

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 12299-12341

  Persing, J ^a   Montgomery, M T ^a   McWilliams, J C ^b   Smith, R K ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEATING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84890153637     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-12299-2013     Document Type: Article

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