Potential vorticity diagnosis of the key factors affecting the motion of Typhoon Sinlaku (2002)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2084-2093

  Wu, Chun Chieh ^a   Huang, Treng Shi ^a   Chou, Kun Hsuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELING STRATEGIES; POTENTIAL VORTICITY DIAGNOSIS; TRACK FORCASTING; TROUGH (TR);

DECELERATION; FORECASTING; OCEANOGRAPHY; STEERING;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; FORECASTING METHOD; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; STORM TRACK; TYPHOON;

EID: 4444303258     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<2084:PVDOTK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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