A climatological analysis of the extratropical flow response to recurving western north pacific tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2325-2346

  Archambault, Heather M ^a   Bosart, Lance F ^b   Keyser, Daniel ^b   Cordeira, Jason M ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW RESPONSE; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; MERIDIONAL FLOWS; NEGATIVE POTENTIAL; NORTH PACIFIC; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

FLOW PATTERNS; TIME SERIES;

HURRICANES;

ADVECTION; CLIMATOLOGY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84880737759     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00257.1     Document Type: Article

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