A vortex-based perspective of eastern Pacific tropical cyclone formation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 136, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2461-2477

  Davis, Christopher ^a   Snyder, Chris ^a   Didlake Jr , Anthony C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ABSOLUTE VORTICITY; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CYCLONIC VORTICITY; EASTERN PACIFIC; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HORIZONTAL DEFORMATION; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION; OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

VORTEX FLOW;

HADLEY CELL; MONSOON; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTEX FLOW; VORTICITY; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 52149084739     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007MWR2317.1     Document Type: Article

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