The SST gradient between the southwestern pacific and the western Pacific warm pool: A new factor controlling the northwestern Pacific tropical cyclone genesis frequency

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2408-2415

  Zhan, Ruifen ^a   Wang, Yuqing ^b   Wen, Min ^c  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-EQUATORIAL FLOW; EQUATORIAL UPWELLING; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS; TROPICAL EASTERLIES; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC WARM POOL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SHEAR FLOW;

HURRICANES;

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON; UPWELLING; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84876095007     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00798.1     Document Type: Article

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