Impacts of cloud flare-ups on hurricane intensity resulting from departures from balance laws

T. N. Krishnamurti; Anu Simon; Mrinal Kanti Biswas; Christopher Davis

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.18399

Impacts of cloud flare-ups on hurricane intensity resulting from departures from balance laws

Tellus

Volume 64 (2012): Issue 1

By: T. N. Krishnamurti, Anu Simon, Mrinal Kanti Biswas and Christopher Davis

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Language: English

Page range: 18399 - 18399

Submitted on: Jun 29, 2011

Published on: Dec 1, 2012

Published by: Stockholm University Press

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Keywords:

hurricane intensity,

hurricane modelling,

clouds within hurricanes,

flights in hurricanes,

hurricane dynamics,

inner core hurricane

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