Roles of upper-level processes in tropical cyclogenesis

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Da Lin ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; VORTICITY;

DEEP CONVECTION; INERTIAL STABILITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE PRESSURES; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; UPPER TROPOSPHERE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; VORTICITY STRUCTURE;

SHEAR FLOW;

AMPLITUDE; CYCLOGENESIS; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VENTILATION; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 85027936263     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053140     Document Type: Article

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