Impact of tropical cyclones on the intensity and phase propagation of fall Wyrtki jets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Sreenivas, P ^a   Chowdary, J S ^a   Gnanaseelan, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; LIFE SPAN; MODEL SIMULATION; PHASE PROPAGATION; TIO; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERLY WINDS;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY FLUX; JET; MASS TRANSPORT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84870014343     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053974     Document Type: Article

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