North-central pacific tropical cyclones: Impacts of El Niño-Southern Oscillation and the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 7720-7733

  Klotzbach, Philip J ^a   Blake, Eric S ^b  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ENSO; Madden Julian oscillation; North Pacific Ocean; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ENSO; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; RAPID INTENSIFICATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84884964803     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00809.1     Document Type: Article

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