Intense Atmospheric Vortices

Proceedings of the Joint Symposium (IUTAM/IUGG) held at Reading (United Kingdom) July 14–17, 1981

  • Lennart Bengtsson
  • James Lighthill
Conference proceedings

Part of the Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences book series (TATM)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages I-XII
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  2. Tropical Cyclones

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Tropical Cyclone Genesis and Intensification
      W. M. Gray
      Pages 3-20
    3. On Basic Problems in Theory and Modeling of the Tropical Cyclone
      K. V. Ooyama
      Pages 21-34
    4. On the Structure of Hurricanes as Revealed by Research Aircraft Data
      R. C. Sheets
      Pages 35-49
    5. Lagrangian Angular Momentum Transports in Tropical Cyclones
      G. J. Holland
      Pages 51-59
    6. Numerical Analyses on the Activities of Intense Atmospheric Vortices (Typhoons) Over China
      D. Xing-yuan, Z. Zi-dong
      Pages 61-69
    7. Influence of Environmental Conditions on the Genesis of a Tropical Storm
      Y. Kurihara, R. E. Tuleya
      Pages 71-79
    8. Model Development of Atlantic Hurricanes from Prehurricane Cloud Clusters, Depressions and Cyclones
      R. L. Pfeffer, M. Challa
      Pages 81-94
    9. The Numerical Experiment on the Contribution of Landed Typhoon to the Rainfall in North China
      X. An, X. Wen-jun
      Pages 95-103
    10. Estimation of Radial Distribution of Eddy Viscosity in a Mature Hurricane
      D. R. Davies, H. P. Evans
      Pages 105-110
    11. Spontaneously Growing Hurricanelike Disturbances in a Simple Baroclinic Model with Latent Heat Release
      A. E. Gill
      Pages 111-129
    12. The Factors Determining Radial Flow and Eye Formation in an Intensifying Tropical Cyclone
      R. P. Pearce
      Pages 131-146

  3. Tornadoes

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 147-147
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    2. The Development and Maintenance of Rotation in Convective Storms
      D. K. Lilly
      Pages 149-160
    3. Cumulus Rotation: Model and Observations of a Waterspout-bearing Cloud System
      J. Simpson
      Pages 161-173
    4. Observational and Theoretical Aspects of Tornadogenesis
      R. P. Davies-Jones
      Pages 175-189
    5. High Resolution Numerical Simulations of the Tornadic Region Within a Mature Thunderstorm
      J. B. Klemp, R. Rotunno
      Pages 191-203
    6. Numerical Studies of Tornado Structure and Genesis
      L. M. Leslie, R. K. Smith
      Pages 205-213
    7. A Numerical Simulation of Multiple Vortices
      R. Rotunno
      Pages 215-228

About these proceedings

Keywords

Cloud Rain Storm Thunder Tornado Tropischer Wirbelsturm Typhoon Wirbel (Physik) convection cyclone thunderstorm

Editors and affiliations

  • Lennart Bengtsson
    • 1
  • James Lighthill
    • 2
  1. 1.European Centre for Medium Range Weather ForecastsReading, BerkshireEngland
  2. 2.University College LondonLondonEngland

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81866-0
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1982
  • Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-3-540-11657-8
  • Online ISBN 978-3-642-81866-0
  • Series Print ISSN 1431-9314
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