Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change: A Post-IPCC Assessment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-38

  Henderson Sellers, A ^a   Zhang, H ^b   Berz, G ^c   Emanuel, K ^d   Gray, W ^e   Landsea, C ^f   Holland, G ^b   Lighthill, J ^g   Shieh, S L ^h   Webster, P ⁱ   McGuffie, K ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Munchener Ruck   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^f ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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EID: 0002009775     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1998)079<0019:TCAGCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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