An expanded dataset of hurricane eyewall sizes and slopes

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2747-2762

  Stern, Daniel P ^a   Brisbois, James R ^b   Nolan, David S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DECAY (ORGANIC); DOPPLER RADAR;

AIRBORNE DOPPLER RADAR; DECAY RATE; EYEWALL; ISO SURFACE; STRONG CORRELATION; TANGENTIAL WIND;

HURRICANES;

AIRBORNE SENSING; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; DOPPLER RADAR; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; WIND FORCING;

EID: 84903887456     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-0302.1     Document Type: Article

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