Dipole structure of interannual variations in summertime tropical cyclone activity over East Asia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5344-5356

  Kim, Joo Hong ^a   Ho, Chang Hoi ^a   Sui, Chung Hsiung ^b   Park, Seon Ki ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE TRAIN; SUMMERTIME; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 31544452100     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3601.1     Document Type: Article

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