Bimodal character of cyclone climatology in the bay of bengal modulated by monsoon seasonal cycle

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1033-1046

  Li, Zhi ^a   Yu, Weidong ^a   Li, Tim ^b   Murty, V S N ^c   Tangang, Fredolin ^d  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Cyclogenesis cyclolysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; BAY OF BENGAL; BIMODAL CHARACTERS; BOREAL SPRING; COMBINED EFFECT; CYCLOGENESIS/CYCLOLYSIS; CYCLONE CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLONE INTENSIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATIONS; MONSOON ONSET; NCEP REANALYSIS; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY EFFECTS; SEASONAL CHANGES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SINGLE PEAK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS;

SHEAR FLOW;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLOGENESIS; DATA SET; MONSOON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84874797636     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00627.1     Document Type: Article

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