The influences of ENSO and the subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole on tropical cyclone trajectories in the southwestern Indian Ocean

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-56

  Ash, Kevin D ^a   Matyas, Corene J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; ENSO; Subtropical Indian Ocean dipole; Trajectories; Tropical cyclones; Tropical temperate troughs

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENCY TABLE; ENSO; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STATISTICAL PREDICTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL TEMPERATE TROUGHS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STORMS; TRAJECTORIES; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84855315972     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2249     Document Type: Article

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