Tropical cyclogenesis associated with Rossby wave energy dispersion of a preexisting typhoon. Part I: Satellite data analyses

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1377-1389

  Li, Tim ^a   Fu, Bing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); SATELLITES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

CYCLOGENESIS; QUICK SCATTEROMETER (QUICKSCAT); ROSSBY WAVE ENERGY DISPERSION; TROPICAL CYCLONE (TC) ENERGY DISPERSION; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION (TRMM);

STORMS;

DISPERSION (WAVES); SATELLITES; STORMS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

CYCLOGENESIS; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 33744503153     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3692.1     Document Type: Article

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