Interannual variations in mixed Rossby - Gravity waves and their impacts on tropical cyclogenesis over the Western North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 535-549

  Chen, Guanghua ^a   Huang, Ronghui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND FLOWS; BASIC FLOWS; COLD STATE; CONVECTIVE HEATING; CYCLOGENESIS; EDDY KINETIC ENERGIES; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; MEAN FLOWS; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; ROSSBY WAVES; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVES; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS; WARM POOLS; WAVE TRANSITIONS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; ZONAL WINDS;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HEATING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CYCLOGENESIS; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KINETIC ENERGY; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; TRANSITION ZONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 64049113807     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2221.1     Document Type: Article

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