Analysing present, past and future tropical cyclone activity as inferred from an ensemble of Coupled Global Climate Models

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 60 A, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-96

  Caron, Louis Philippe ^a   Jones, Colin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 37549026173     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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