Decadal variations of intense typhoon occurrence in the western North Pacific

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 464, Issue 2089, 2008, Pages 249-272

  Chan, Johnny C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decadal variations; Global warming; Intense typhoon occurrence

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; STORMS; STRAIN ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND POWER;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DYNAMIC CONDITIONS; DYNAMIC FACTORS; INTENSE (CO); LATITUDE (CO); LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MOIST STATIC ENERGY; NORTH PACIFIC (CO); OSCILLATION PERIODS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION (PDO); SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE; SEA-SURFACE-TEMPERATURE (SST); STEERING FLOW; STREAM FUNCTIONS; TIME SCALING; TIME SERIES; TROPICAL CYCLONES (TCS); VARIATIONS OF; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 47149108752     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.0183     Document Type: Article

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