Deconvolution of the factors contributing to the increase in global hurricane intensity

Science

Volumn 312, Issue 5770, 2006, Pages 94-97

  Hoyos, C D ^a   Agudelo, P A ^a   Webster, P J ^a   Curry, J A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE EFFECTS; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HURRICANE INTENSITY; INTENSIFICATION; SHORTER-TERM NATURAL MODES;

HURRICANES;

DECONVOLUTION; HURRICANE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CALCULATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMIDITY; HURRICANE; INDIAN OCEAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASON; SHEAR FLOW; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICS; WIND;

EID: 33645693579     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1123560     Document Type: Article

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18. SST correlations for the remaining three basins are as follows (using the same notation as in Table 2): WPAC 0.44* (0.13), NIO 0.Z8 (-0.10), 510 0.54* (0.02).
19. This research was supported by the Climate Dynamics Division of N5F under award NSF-ATM 0328842.