Impacts of convectively coupled kelvinwaves on environmental conditions for Atlantic tropical cyclogenesis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2198-2214

  Ventrice, Michael J ^a   Thorncroft, Christopher D ^a   Schreck, Carl J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Atmospheric circulation; Kelvin waves; Tropical cyclones; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; KELVIN WAVES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL VARIABILTY;

CLIMATOLOGY; GRAVITY WAVES;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; EASTERLY WAVE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861559768     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00305.1     Document Type: Article

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