Attributing tropical cyclogenesis to equatorial waves in the western north pacific

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-209

  Schreck, Carl J ^a   Molinari, John ^b   Mohr, Karen I ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric; Cyclogenesis; Madden Julian oscillation; Pacific Ocean; Tropical cyclones; Waves

Indexed keywords

CYCLOGENESIS; EQUATORIAL ROSSBY WAVES; EQUATORIAL WAVES; KELVIN WAVES; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; RAINFALL ANOMALY; ROSSBY-GRAVITY WAVE; TOTAL VARIANCE; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WARM SEASON RAINFALL; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; RAIN;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CYCLOGENESIS; EQUATORIAL WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79953219490     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3396.1     Document Type: Article

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