Observations of a nondeveloping tropical disturbance in the Western North Pacific during TCS-08 (2008)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2459-2484

  Penny, Andrew B ^a   Harr, Patrick A ^a   Bell, Michael M ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Mesoscale systems; Radars Radar observations; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; STORMS;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RADARS/RADAR OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL DISTURBANCES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

TROPICS;

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DIURNAL VARIATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RADAR; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84943383618     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00163.1     Document Type: Article

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