Tropical cyclogenesis induced by ITCZ breakdown in association with synoptic wave train over the western North Pacific

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 294-300

  Cao, Xi ^a,b   Chen, Guanghua ^a   Chen, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) breakdown; Tropical cyclogenesis; Western North Pacific (WNP)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOGENESIS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUMMER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84886235240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.452     Document Type: Article

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