Merger of tropical cyclones Zeb and Alex

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 8 II, 2000, Pages 2967-2975

  Kuo, Hung Chi ^a   Chen, George T J ^a   Lin, Chung Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLONE;

MERGER; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTEX;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 0033792855     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2967:motcza>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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