The abrupt shift of typhoon activity in the vicinity of Taiwan and its association with western North Pacific-East Asian climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3617-3628

  Tu, Jien Yi ^a   Chou, Chia ^b   Chu, Pao Shin ^c  

^a CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOONS; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHANGE-POINTS; EAST CHINA SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOON ACTIVITY; TYPHOON FREQUENCY; WARM SEA; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

HURRICANES;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPOSPHERE; TYPHOON;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 67749086696     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2411.1     Document Type: Article

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