References on hurricanes
There are many generalized references, such as 
http://moe.met.fsu.edu/~rhart/papers-hart/2006Hart.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqD.html
But I think the best is Kerry Emmanuel's presentation:
http://www3.nd.edu/~its/Emanuel.pdf
Is this sufficient detail for you? If not, then you probably need to do a course in tropical meteorology.