Sea-surface temperatures and tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Basin

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Michaels, Patrick J ^a,b   Knappenberger, Paul C ^c   Davis, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b CATO INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c New Hope Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; SEAWATER; STORMS; TEMPERATURE; WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANE INTENSITY; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

GEOPHYSICS;

CYCLOGENESIS; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33745713484     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025757     Document Type: Article

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