Western North Pacific monsoon depression formation

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1413-1432

  Beattie, Jodi C ^a   Elsberry, Russell L ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; FORMATION CONDITION; MONSOON DEPRESSIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MONSOON; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TRAJECTORY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84874886351     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00094.1     Document Type: Article

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