Exploratory analysis of extremely low tropical cyclone activity during the late-season of 2010 and 1998 over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1141-1153

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

genesis potential index; late season; numerical simulation; regional SST anomaly; TC frequency

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HURRICANES; NUMERICAL MODELS; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENESIS POTENTIAL INDEX; LATE-SEASON; METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES; NORTHERN INDIAN OCEANS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SST ANOMALIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

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

EID: 85027935983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000381     Document Type: Article

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