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Prevalence of tornado-scale vortices in the tropical cyclone eyewall

Analyses of datasets from manned research flights that penetrated hurricane eyes and tropical cyclone (TC) damage surveys strongly suggest the existence of tornado-scale vortices in the turbulent boundary layer of the TC eyewall. However, their small horizontal scale, their fast movement, and the as...

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Autores principales: Wu, Liguang, Liu, Qingyuan, Li, Yubin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6099912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30061409
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1807217115