A sensitivity study of the thermodynamic environment on GFDL model hurricane intensity: Implications for global warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 109-121

  Shen, Weixing ^a   Tuleya, Robert E ^b   Ginis, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034112748     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0109:ASSOTT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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