typhoon_tip
(Meteorologist)
Sun Sep 02 2007 04:22 PM
Re: Watching Hurricane Felix and Area off Georgia

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What does "stadium effect" mean?



There is no formal definition in the AMS Glossary but it refers just as it sounds, like a studium... Basically, the eye-wall structure is wider in diameter the higher you go up the column of rotation.

The cause is perhaps too complex to discuss here.


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