What has changed the proportion of intense hurricanes in the last 30 years?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1432-1439

  Wu, Liguang ^a,b   Wang, Bin ^c,d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; STORMS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INTENSE HURRICANES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY;

HURRICANES;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DATA SET; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 44349089139     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1715.1     Document Type: Article

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