Large-scale environmental parameters associated with tropical cyclone formations in the Western North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 466-484

  Cheung, Kevin K W ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STORMS;

LARGE-SCALE PARAMETERS; LATITUDE RESOLUTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CYCLONE; SEA SURFACE; VORTICITY;

CYCLOGENESIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1642369097     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0466:LEPAWT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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