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Fig. 1. Flight-level tangential wind speed from south to north traverses through the
center of Hurricane Gilbert. Bold 'I' and 'O' denote the location of the inner and outer
eyewall wind maximum, respectively. Times at the beginning and end of each radial pass
are plotted at the top of the panels (refer to 1).
Finally, the outer eyewall replaced the inner eyewall and completed an
eyewall replacement cycle (Fig. 1).
Several studies have devoted to understand mechanisms through which
concentric eyewalls form. Willoughby
et al.
10
and Willoughby
11
suggested
