The seasonal cycles in the distribution of precipitation around cyclones in the Western North Pacific and Atlantic

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 815-839

  Chang, Edmund K M ^a   Song, Siwon ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COMPREHENSIVE OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE DATA SET (COADS); PACIFIC CYCLONES; SEASONAL CYLCES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CYCLONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33645978767     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3661.1     Document Type: Article

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