Landfalling tropical cyclones activities in the south China: Intensifying or weakening?

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1815-1824

  Zhang, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Wei ^b   Lu, Xiaoqin ^c   Chen, Yongqin David ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Guangdong province; Landfalling frequency; Sea surface temperature; Tropical cyclone activities; Tropical cyclone intensity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HURRICANES; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

GUANGDONG PROVINCE; LANDFALLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84866905873     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2396     Document Type: Article

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