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Atmospheric boundary layer and upper ocean structure observed in Hurricane Erika (1997)
Joseph J. Cione, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and E. W. Uhlhorn and P. G. Black
A comprehensive set of atmospheric and oceanic profile data was obtained from Global Positioning System (GPS) dropsondes and Airborne Expendable Bathythermographs (AXBT) deployed in the inner-core and periphery of Hurricane Erika on September 8th , 1997. These data have been objectively analyzed to a common storm-relative, three-dimensional framework and will be used to study upper ocean and atmospheric boundary layer structure in Hurricane Erika. Results from these analyses will be presented.
Joint Session 8, Atmospheric & Oceanic Boundary Layers on Tropical Cyclones II (Joint with the 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology and the 10th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere)
Thursday, 25 May 2000, 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
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