Fiscal Year	2011
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Meteorology
Investigator(s)	Montgomery, Michael T.
Sponsor	Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary	The objectives of this research are twofold: To develop an improved observational, theoretical and numerical weather prediction understanding of the role of bottom up and top down mesoscale mechanisms in the tropical cyclone formation process in the west-Pac region; To better understand and quantify the role of vortex-intrinsic processes in the predictability and structure change of west-Pac tropical cyclones.
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