Convective precursors and predictability in the tropical western Pacific

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2977-2991

  Sherwood, Steven C ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; PREDICTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033507340     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2977:CPAPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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