The impact of a warm ocean eddy on typhoon Morakot (2009): A preliminary study from satellite observations and numerical modelling

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 661-671

  Lin, I I ^a   Chou, Ming Dah ^b   Wu, Chun Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Morakot's rainfall; Warm ocean eddy

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EDDY; ENTHALPY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TYPHOON; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 83455169477     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2011.08.19.01(TM)     Document Type: Article

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