Tropical cyclone-and monsoon-induced rainfall variability in Taiwan

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4107-4120

  Chen, Jau Ming ^a   Li, Tim ^b   Shih, Ching Feng ^c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; COHERENT DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERANNUAL RAINFALL; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MOISTURE FLUXES; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; MONSOON RAINFALL; NORTH PACIFIC; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STEERING FLOW; TOTAL RAINFALL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UPWARD MOTION; WATER VAPOR FLUX; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; HURRICANES; MOISTURE; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WATER VAPOR;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; RAINFALL; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77958106578     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3355.1     Document Type: Article

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