Vertical Wind Shear and Ocean Heat Content as Environmental Modulators of Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Intensification and Decay

ABSTRACT: A general framework in which Ocean Heat Content (OHC) may modulate tropical cyclone intensification and decay in conjunction with Vertical Wind Shear (VWS) as the primary environmental control is formulated in terms of a two-dimensional phase diagram. case studies of the life cycles of thr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Myung-Sook Park, Russell L. Elsberry, Patrick A. Harr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2012-12-01
Series:Tropical Cyclone Research and Review
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2225603218300559