An Observational Study of the Symmetric Boundary Layer Structure and Tropical Cyclone Intensity

This study analyses Global Positioning System dropsondes to document the axisymmetric tropical cyclone (TC) boundary-layer structure, based on storm intensity. A total of 2608 dropsondes from 42 named TCs in the Atlantic basin from 1998 to 2017 are used in the composite analyses. The results show th...

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Main Authors: Yifang Ren, Jun A. Zhang, Jonathan L. Vigh, Ping Zhu, Hailong Liu, Xiang Wang, Joshua B. Wadler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Atmosphere
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/11/2/158