Forced and internal variability of tropical cyclone track density in the western North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 143-167

  Mei, Wei ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^a   Zhao, Ming ^b,c   Wang, Yuqing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate models; Climate prediction; Climate variability; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84920285700     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00164.1     Document Type: Article

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