A globally consistent reanalysis of hurricane variability and trends

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Kossin, J P ^a   Knapp, Ken R ^b   Vimont, D J ^c   Murnane, Rick J ^d   Harper, B A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d Risk Prediction Initiative   (United States)

^e Syst Eng Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE EFFECTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HURRICANE INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

HURRICANES;

GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE; OCEAN BASIN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34250759753     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028836     Document Type: Article

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