Structural characteristics of T-PARC typhoon sinlaku during its extratropical transition

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1945-1961

  Quinting, Julian F ^a   Bell, Michael M ^b,c   Harr, Patrick A ^b   Jones, Sarah C ^a,d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DOPPLER RADAR; NATURAL CONVECTION; RESEARCH AIRCRAFT; VORTICITY;

EXTRATROPICAL TRANSITION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; POTENTIAL INSTABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURES;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; FRONTOGENESIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; THERMODYNAMICS; TYPHOON;

EID: 84899878940     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00306.1     Document Type: Article

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