A pressure-based analysis of the historical Western North pacific tropical cyclone intensity record

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2611-2631

  Knapp, kenneth R ^a   Knaff, John A ^a   Sampson, Charles R ^b   Riggio, Gustavo M ^c   Schnapp, Adam D ^c,d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^d EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY-BASED; HISTORICAL RECORDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; TYPHOON ACTIVITY; TYPHOON INTENSITIES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ESTIMATION; RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

HURRICANES;

PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRESSURE EFFECT; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84881272186     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00323.1     Document Type: Article

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