ENSO Influence on Atlantic hurricanes via tropospheric warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Tang, B H ^a   Neelin, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3309 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Climatology (1620); 3314 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Convective processes; 3339 Meteorology and dynamics: Ocean atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504); 3374 Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics: Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; STORMS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

COLUMN STABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST); STORM FREQUERNCY; TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC (NATL) STORM;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HURRICANE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14544287317     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021072     Document Type: Article

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