Analysis of tropical cyclogenesis in the Western North Pacific for 2000 and 2001

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 763-780

  Fu, Bing ^a   Li, Tim ^a   Peng, Melinda S ^b   Weng, Fuzhong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATA REDUCTION; GRAVITY WAVES; KINETIC ENERGY; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY GRAVITY WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; UPPER-TROPOSPHERIC FORCING;

STORMS;

CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; PERTURBATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TYPHOON; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 38849130594     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF1013.1     Document Type: Article

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