Spatially inhomogeneous trends of tropical cyclone intensity over the Western North Pacific for 1977-2010

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5088-5101

  Park, Doo Sun R ^a   Ho, Chang Hoi ^a   Kim, Joo Hong ^b   Kim, Hyeong Seog ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC VARIABLES; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HURRICANES;

DATA SET; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 84880694497     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00386.1     Document Type: Article

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