Cluster analysis of typhoon tracks. Part II: Large-scale circulation and ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3654-3676

  Camargo, Suzana J ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^a   Gaffney, Scott J ^b   Smyth, Padhraic ^b   Ghil, Michael ^c,d  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VORTICITY; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TYPHOON TRACKS;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34250724191     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4203.1     Document Type: Article

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