Large-scale flow patterns and their influence on the intensification rates of western North Pacific tropical storms

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1110-1127

  Ventham, Justin D ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HORIZONTAL FLOW INFLUENCE; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSIFICATION; TROPICAL STORMS; UPPER-LEVEL TROUGHS;

METEOROLOGY;

CYCLOGENESIS; FLOW PATTERN; TROPICAL CYCLONE; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34047231231     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3327.1     Document Type: Article

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