Mesoscale features associated with tropical cyclone formations in the Western North Pacific

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2006-2022

  Lee, Cheng Shang ^a   Cheung, Kevin K W ^b,c   Hui, Jenny S N ^a   Elsberry, Russell L ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER FOR DISASTER REDUCTION   (Taiwan)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NEON; TERBIUM ALLOYS; TROPICS;

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CONVECTION PROCESSES; DEE P CONVECTION; EASTERLY WAVE; FORMATION PROCESSES; INFRARED BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; MEAN LIFETIME; MEAN VALUE; MESO-SCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL INTERACTIONS; QUICK SCATTEROMETER; QUIKSCAT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WIND DATA; WIND FLOWS;

SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS;

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; EASTERLY WAVE; FORMATION MECHANISM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERLY; WIND DIRECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 49749111538     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2267.1     Document Type: Article

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