Will greenhouse gas-induced warming over the next 50 years lead to higher frequency and greater intensity of hurricanes?

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-73

  Bengtsson, L ^a   Botzet, M ^a   Esch, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY/INTENSITY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HURRICANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE DOUBLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EXCHANGE EXPERIMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIGH RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELLING; HURRICANE GENESIS; HURRICANES; MODEL; STORM CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICAL STORM CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029656568     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v48i1.11632     Document Type: Article

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