The multiple vortex nature of tropical cyclogenesis

This thesis contains an observational analysis of the genesis of Tropical Storm Allison (2001). Using a paradigm of tropical cyclone formation as the superposition of potential vorticity (PV) anomalies, the importance of different scales of PV merger to various aspects of Allison’s formation is disc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sippel, Jason Allen
Other Authors: Nielsen-Gammon, John
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1424