Water and energy budgets of hurricanes and implications for climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 23, 2007, Pages

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Fasullo, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO; ENERGY BUDGET; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE FLUX; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 38949200963     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD008304     Document Type: Article

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