A case study of an outbreak of twin tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 863-875

  Schreck III, Carl J ^a   Molinari, John ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURES; CYCLONIC VORTICITY; DEEP LAYER; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; LONG LASTING; LOW-PASS FILTERS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SURFACE PRESSURES; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL SHEAR; WARM WATER;

HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RESEARCH; STORMS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CYCLOGENESIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SURFACE PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WARM WATER; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 68249162181     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2541.1     Document Type: Article

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