Simulated reduction in Atlantic hurricane frequency under twenty-first-century warming conditions

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 359-364

  Knutson, Thomas R ^a   Sirutis, Joseph J ^a   Garner, Stephen T ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^a   Held, Isaac M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 44949174546     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo202     Document Type: Article

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