Influence of large-scale initial oceanic mixed layer depth on tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4058-4070

  Mao, Qi ^a,d   Chang, Simon W ^b   Pfeffer, Richard L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; MIXED LAYER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034466364     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)129<4058:IOLSIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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