Global warming and United States landfalling hurricanes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Chunzai ^a   Lee, Sang Ki ^b  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

LANDFALLING HURRICANES; SEA SURFACE WARMING; TROPICAL OCEANS; WIND SHEAR;

HURRICANES;

GLOBAL OCEAN; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND SHEAR;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849097734     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032396     Document Type: Article

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