Impact of the intraseasonal variability of the western North-Pacific large-scale circulation on tropical cyclone tracks

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 646-666

  Chen, Tsing Chang ^a   Wang, Shih Yu ^a   Yen, Ming Cheng ^b   Clark, Adam J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; MONSOON CONDITIONS; NORTH PACIFIC; SHORT WAVES; SUBTROPICAL ANTICYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMERCE; HURRICANES; STORMS; VORTICITY;

TROPICS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; MONSOON; TRACKING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 69949118828     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008WAF2222186.1     Document Type: Article

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