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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cohen, Lester A., Spar, Jerome
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1963
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Geofísica Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx:article/1700
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1700
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Huracanes
Huracán Donna
Vórtices
Long Island
Nueva York
Hurricanes
Hurricane Donna
Eddy stress
Long island
New York
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Sumario: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).