Abstract: urface tracks of some cross-Taiwan tropical cyclones were discontinuous as a result of the blockage of the north-northeast?south-southwest-oriented Central Mountain Range (CMR). This paper tries to identify the variables ...

Abstract: Drought-stricken areas of Central America and Mexico were victimized in 1998 by forest and brush fires that burned out of control during much of the first half of the year. Wind currents at various times during the episode ...