Tropical cyclogenesis within an equatorial Rossby wave packet

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1301-1317

  Molinari, John ^a   Lombardo, Kelly ^a,b   Vollaro, David ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVE PACKET; WAVE AMPLITUDE;

STORMS;

DISPERSION (WAVES); STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

CYCLOGENESIS; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVELENGTH; WIND SHEAR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 34247635114     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3902.1     Document Type: Article

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