Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7051, 2005, Pages 686-688

  Emanuel, Kerry ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FREQUENCIES; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE SIGNALS; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

STORMS;

GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CLIMATE; DESTRUCTION; DISASTER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HURRICANE; OSCILLATION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 23644453661     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03906     Document Type: Article

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