An analysis of sea surface temperature and maximum potential intensity of tropical cyclones over the Bay of Bengal between 1981 and 2000

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-177

  Kotal, S D ^a   Kundu, P K ^b   Bhowmik, S K Roy ^a  

^a INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bay of Bengal; Empirical relation; Maximum Potential Intensity (MPI); Relative intensity; Sea Surface Temperature (SST); Thermal energy; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; THERMAL ENERGY; TROPICS;

BAY OF BENGAL; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; MAXIMUM POTENTIAL INTENSITY (MPI); RELATIVE INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; MONSOON; SAMPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM; THERMAL POWER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 67650872987     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.96     Document Type: Article

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