A new look at the binary interaction: Potential vorticity diagnosis of the unusual southward movement of tropical storm Bopha (2000) and its interaction with supertyphoon Saomai (2000)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1289-1300

  Wu, Chun Chieh ^a   Huang, Treng Shi ^a   Huang, Wei Peng ^a   Chou, Kun Hsuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

BINARY INTERACTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0041592672     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<1289:ANLATB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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