Advances in understanding the "perfect monsoon-influenced Typhoon": Summary from international conference on typhoon morakot (2009)

Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-222

  Lee, Cheng Shang ^a,b   Wu, Chun Chieh ^a   Wang, Tai Chi Chen ^c   Elsberry, Russell L ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

monsoon influenced tropical cyclones; tropical cyclone flooding; tropical cyclone rainfall prediction; tropical cyclone track prediction; Typhoon Morakot rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960151772     PISSN: 19767633     EISSN: 19767951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13143-011-0010-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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