An evaluation of thermodynamic estimates of climatological maximum potential tropical cyclone intensity

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 746-762

  Tonkin, Heather ^a   Holland, Greg J ^b   Holbrook, Neil ^a   Henderson Sellers, Ann ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE MODELING; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0034096084     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0746:AEOTEO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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