Is there a linkage between the tropical cyclone activity in the southern Indian Ocean and the Antarctic Oscillation?

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 8519-8535

  Mao, Rui ^a   Gong, Dao Yi ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Zi Yin ^b   Kim, Seong Joong ^c   He, Hao Zhe ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Meteorological Bureau   (China)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antarctic Oscillation; austral summer; southern Indian Ocean; tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE MODELING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER VAPOR;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84884126877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50666     Document Type: Article

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