A GIS Study of the Influences of Warm Ocean Eddies on the Intensity Variations of Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea

A GIS Study of the Influences of Warm Ocean Eddies on the Intensity Variations of Tropical Cyclones in the South China Sea

This study presented the spatial distribution patterns of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the South China Sea (SCS) and discussed the possible influences of average sea surface temperature (SST) and the size of warm ocean eddies on changes in the intensity of TCs passing over them. Between 1993 and 2013,...

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Main Authors: Feng Yang, Hui Peng, Yunyan Du, Guofeng Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-09-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Subjects:
GIS
tropical cyclone
ocean eddy
South China Sea
fuzzy c-means clustering
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/5/10/169

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