The impact of wave packets propagating across Asia on Pacific cyclone development

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1998-2015

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLOGENESIS; CYCLONE DEVELOPMENT; DEEP CYCLONES; WAVE PACKETS;

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 24144478889     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2953.1     Document Type: Article

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