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Teshiba et al. 2005
Teshiba, M., Fujita, H., Hashiguchi, H., Shibagaki, Y., Yamanaka, M.D. and Fukao, S. (2005). Detailed structure within a tropical cyclone “eye”. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2005GL023242. issn: 0094-8276.

The characteristics of the "eye" and eyewall of a Tropical Cyclone (TC) are examined with a wind profiler and upper-soundings around a small island belonging to Japan. There are few observations of wind behavior in the eye of a TC with high time and height resolutions. In the eye of the TC, weak cyclonic wind and updraft formed like a cylinder centered on the TC. The updraft did not form clouds and precipitation because stable and relatively dry air existed in the middle troposphere. There were dry layers above the middle troposphere in the eye, especially in the lower layers on the front side of the TC. Therefore, the rainfall associated with the eyewall was strengthened and developed. This is the first time that the detailed wind behavior in the eye of the TC in the developing and mature stage has been observed.

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Keywords
Atmospheric Processes, Convective processes, Atmospheric Processes, Mesoscale meteorology, Atmospheric Processes, Precipitation, Atmospheric Processes, Synoptic-scale meteorology, Atmospheric Processes, Tropical meteorology
Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
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