The effect of asymmetric wind structures of tropical cyclones on their tracks

Acta Meteorologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 52-59

  Xiang, Jie ^a,b   Wu, Rongsheng ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric wind structure; Tracks of tropical cyclones; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND FIELD;

EID: 19044394094     PISSN: 08940525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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