Environmental and external factors in the genesis of tropical cyclone nargis in April 2008 over the Bay of Bengal

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-435

  Yokoi, Satoru ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE GENERATION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77954940485     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-310     Document Type: Article

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