Eddy stresses in Hurricane Donna (1960) over Long Island

Opportunities to study the wind structure in the surface boundary layer of a hurricane are rare. One of these rare opportunities was provided by Hurricane Donna which passed over Long Island, New York, on Septemher 12, 1960 in the vicinity of the 420-foot meteorological tower of the Brookhaven Natio...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Cohen, Lester A., Spar, Jerome
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:1963
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repository:Geofísica Internacional
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/1700
Online Access:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1700
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Huracanes
Huracán Donna
Vórtices
Long Island
Nueva York
Hurricanes
Hurricane Donna
Eddy stress
Long island
New York
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Summary:Opportunities to study the wind structure in the surface boundary layer of a hurricane are rare. One of these rare opportunities was provided by Hurricane Donna which passed over Long Island, New York, on Septemher 12, 1960 in the vicinity of the 420-foot meteorological tower of the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) (Singer, Nagle,and Brown, 1961).