Coarse, intermediate and high resolution numerical simulations of the transition of a tropical wave critical layer to a tropical storm

Recent work has hypothesized that tropical cyclones in the deep Atlantic and eastern Pacific basins develop from within the cyclonic Kelvin cat's eye of a tropical easterly wave critical layer located equatorward of the easterly jet axis. The cyclonic critical layer is thought to be importa...

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Main Authors: M. T. Montgomery, Z. Wang, T. J. Dunkerton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-11-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/10803/2010/acp-10-10803-2010.pdf