Uncertainty in hurricanes and global warming

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5729, 2005, Pages 1753-1754

  Trenberth, Kevin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER;

EID: 20544472397     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1112551     Document Type: Review

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24. I thank J. Fasullo for generating the first figure, and R. Anthes, G. Holland, and S. Solomon for comments. NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.