Interdecadal variability of tropical cyclone frequency over the western North Pacific in a high-resolution atmosphere-Ocean coupled GCM

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1069-1086

  Yumoto, Michiaki ^a   Matsuura, Tomonori ^a   IIzuka, Satoshi ^a  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 30244435539     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.1069     Document Type: Article

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