Tropical cyclones

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue , 2003, Pages 75-104

  Emanuel, Kerry ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Hurricanes; Hurricanes and climate; Hypercanes; Typhoons

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOPHYSICS;

ROSSBY WAVES;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; FLUID DYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 0141459023     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.31.100901.141259     Document Type: Article

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