An abrupt decrease in the late-season typhoon activity over the Western North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 4296-4312

  Hsu, Pang Chi ^a,b   Chu, Pao Shin ^c   Murakami, Hiroyuki ^b,d   Zhao, Xin ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS;

ACCUMULATED CYCLONE ENERGIES; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CHANGE-POINT ANALYSIS; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CYCLONE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TYPHOON; VORTICITY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TAIWAN;

EID: 84901949316     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00417.1     Document Type: Article

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