La intensidad del huracán y el reemplazo de la pared del ojo.

Robert A Houze1, Shuyi S Chen, Bradley F Smull

  • 1Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1640, USA. houze@atmos.washington.edu

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 3, 2007
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Resumen

El reemplazo de la pared ocular en los huracanes implica la formación de una nueva pared ocular y el reemplazo de la antigua, lo que afecta la intensidad de la tormenta. Comprender la región del "foso" es clave para mejorar las previsiones de intensidad de los huracanes.

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