Long-lasting convective systems in the outer region of tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Lee, Cheng Shang ^a,b   Chen, Buo Fu ^a   Elsberry, Russell L ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

^c NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HURRICANES; STORMS;

COLD CLOUDS; CONVECTIVE CELL; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; LONG LASTING; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; QUIKSCAT; RAINBANDS; SOUTHWEST MONSOON; STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION; SURFACE JETS; TORRENTIAL RAINFALLS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON RAINFALL; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE MOTION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MONSOON; OCEANIC CONVECTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TERRAIN; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TAIWAN;

EID: 84869994216     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053685     Document Type: Article

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