Developing versus nondeveloping disturbances for tropical cyclone formation. Part II: Western north pacific

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1067-1080

  Fu, Bing ^a   Peng, Melinda S ^b   Li, Tim ^a   Stevens, Duane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclogenesis cyclolysis; Dynamics; North pacific ocean; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PREDICTION; CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCE; CYCLOGENESIS; DYNAMIC VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HORIZONTAL SHEAR; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; NORTH-ATLANTIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; RAIN RATES; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE VORTICITY; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER VAPOR CONTENTS; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY;

HURRICANES;

CYCLOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PREDICTION; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84861569183     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011MWR3618.1     Document Type: Article

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