Dynamics of track deflection associated with the passage of tropical cyclones over a mesoscale mountain

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3509-3538

  Lin, Yuh Lang ^a   Witcraft, Nicholas C ^a   Kuo, Ying Hwa ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING;

TRACK DEFLECTION; TROPICAL CYCLONES; VORTICITY ADVECTION;

METEOROLOGY;

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33846194098     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3263.1     Document Type: Article

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