A composite perspective of the extratropical flow response to recurving western North Pacific tropical cyclones

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1122-1141

  Archambault, Heather M ^a,e   Keyser, Daniel ^b   Bosart, Lance F ^b   Davis, Christopher A ^c   Cordeira, Jason M ^d  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabatic heating; Intraseasonal variability; Jets; Potential vorticity; Rossby waves; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; JETS; MECHANICAL WAVES; STORMS; TROPICS; VORTICITY;

DIABATIC HEATING; INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

DIABATIC PROCESS; HEATING; JET FLOW; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84945149819     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-14-00270.1     Document Type: Article

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