Departures from axisymmetric balance dynamics during secondary eyewall formation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3723-3738

  Abarca, Sergio F ^a   Montgomery, Michael T ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angular momentum; Hurricanes typhoons; Mesoscale models; Mesoscale processes; Mesoscale systems; Numerical analysis modeling

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; MESO-SCALE MODELS; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; MESOSCALE PROCESS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/MODELING;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; AZIMUTH; BOUNDARY LAYER; DIABATIC PROCESS; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84907438700     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-14-0018.1     Document Type: Article

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