The impact of the storm-induced SST cooling on hurricane intensity

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-22

  Zhu, Tong ^a   Zhang, Da Lin ^b  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane intensity; Numerical modeling; SST feedback

Indexed keywords

EID: 32144446778     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-006-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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