A climatology of subtropical cyclones in the South Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 7328-7340

  Evans, Jenni L ^a   Braun, Aviva ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Climate classification regimes; Climate variability; Storm environments; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL CURRENT; CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION/REGIMES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CYCLOGENESIS; EAST COAST; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FORMATION MECHANISM; HYBRID STRUCTURE; NORTH ATLANTIC; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WARM SEASONS;

HURRICANES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; TROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLOGENESIS; LEE CYCLOGENESIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WAVE BREAKING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84870015448     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00212.1     Document Type: Article

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