Eyewall contraction, breakdown and reformation in a landfalling typhoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2003, Pages

  Wu, Chun Chieh ^a   Chou, Kun Hsuan ^a   Cheng, Hsiu Ju ^a   Wang, Yuqing ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; STORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

LANDFALLS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLOGENESIS; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 0348108167     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017653     Document Type: Article

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