Attribution of decadal variability in tropical cyclone passage frequency over thewestern north pacific: A new approach emphasizing the genesis location of cyclones

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 973-987

  Yokoi, Satoru ^a   Takayabu, Yukari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Hurricanes typhoons; Interdecadal variability

Indexed keywords

DECADAL TIMESCALE; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EAST CHINA SEA; FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; MIDLATITUDES; NEW APPROACHES; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN BASINS; PHILIPPINES; TIME-SCALES; TRACK DATA; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

STORMS;

HURRICANES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84874797216     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00060.1     Document Type: Article

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