North Atlantic hurricanes contributed by African esterly waves north and south of the African easterly jet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6767-6776

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a   Wang, Shih Yu ^a   Clark, Adam J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; STORMS; VORTICITY;

AFRICAN EASTERLY JETS; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS; CONVERSION RATES; NORTH ATLANTIC; POPULATION RATIOS; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WEST-AFRICA;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EASTERLY WAVE; HURRICANE; MONSOON; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 60749115048     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2523.1     Document Type: Article

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