Environmental dynamical control of tropical cyclone intensity - An observational study

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-59

  Zeng, Zhihua ^a,b   Wang, Yuqing ^a   Wu, Chun Chieh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Shanghai Typhoon Institute   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND STRESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICAL CONTROL; MAXIMUM POTENTIAL INTENSITY (MPI); NORTH PACIFIC; TRANSITIONAL SPEED; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

STORMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33846684460     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3278.1     Document Type: Article

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