Inactive period of Western North Pacific tropical cyclone activity in 1998-2011

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2614-2630

  Liu, Kin Sik ^a   Chan, Johnny C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; DECADAL VARIATIONS; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; INTER-DECADAL VARIATIONS; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

HURRICANES; TROPICS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CYCLOGENESIS; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84877800436     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00053.1     Document Type: Article

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