Interannual variations of tropical cyclone size over the western North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2003, Pages

  Chan, Johnny C L ^a   Yip, Cleo K M ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS; TROPICS; WIND;

INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CYCLONE; EL NINO; LA NINA; SIZE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1642586583     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018522     Document Type: Article

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