The role of the rainbands in hurricanes

The first radar pictures taken of tropical cyclones revealed a spiral rainband structure that was soon identified as being typical of such storms. Since this phenomenon was first reported by Maynard (1945) and Wexler (1947) many studies of it have been made. In none, however, has much infor...

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Autor: Gentry, R. Cecil
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/1695
Acceso en línea:http://revistagi.geofisica.unam.mx/index.php/RGI/article/view/1695
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bandas de lluvia espiraladas
Ciclones tropicales
Huracanes
Energía cinética
Spiral rainband
Tropical cyclones
Hurricanes
Kinetic energy
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Sumario:The first radar pictures taken of tropical cyclones revealed a spiral rainband structure that was soon identified as being typical of such storms. Since this phenomenon was first reported by Maynard (1945) and Wexler (1947) many studies of it have been made. In none, however, has much information been introduced to portray the variation of temperature and wind within the band or to show the role of the bands in the production of kinetic energy within the high energy portions of tropical cyclones.