A model for the complete radial structure of the tropical cyclone wind field. Part I: Comparison with observed structure

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3647-3662

  Chavas, Daniel R ^a   Lin, Ning ^a   Emanuel, Kerry ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Hurricanes typhoons; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; STORMS; TROPICS;

EASTERN PACIFIC; GLOBAL DATABASE; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; RADIAL STRUCTURE; SIMPLE MODELING; THEORETICAL SOLUTIONS; TRANSITION REGIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HURRICANE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FIELD; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84945156413     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0014.1     Document Type: Article

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