Numerical simulation of Typhoon Dot (1990) during TCM-90: Typhoon Dot's discontinuous track across Taiwan

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-52

  Jian, Guo Ji ^a   Lee, Cheng Shang ^b   Chen, George Tai Jen ^b  

^a CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Discontinuous track; MM5; TCM 90; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

LOW PRESSURE; MESOSCALE MOTION; SIMULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; VORTEX;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33646496000     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.2006.17.1.23(sws)     Document Type: Article

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