Long-term trends and interannual variability in tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2765-2767

  Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Shi, Jiu En ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Beijing Meteorological College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; HURRICANES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYNOMIALS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS; TROPICS;

SECOND ORDER VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOONS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

STORMS; HURRICANES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CYCLONE; HURRICANE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM TRENDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

PACIFIC, (NORTHWEST);

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM TREND; SECOND ORDERS; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; TROPICAL STORMS AND TYPHOONS; UPWARD TREND; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

EID: 0030265437     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02637     Document Type: Article

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