On the role of surface fluxes and WISHE in tropical cyclone intensification

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2011-2019

  Zhang, Fuqing ^a,b   Emanuel, Kerry ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Circulation Dynamics; Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; STORMS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SURFACE ENTHALPIES; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WINDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENTHALPY; HURRICANE EVENT; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84965108938     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0011.1     Document Type: Article

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