In a changing climate weakening tropical easterly jet induces more violent tropical storms over the north Indian Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Rao, V Brahmananda ^a,b   Ferreira, Camila C ^a   Franchito, S H ^a   Ramakrishna, S S V S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STORMS;

HURRICANE INTENSITY; INDIAN OCEANS; NEGATIVE CORRELATIONS; SEVERE STORMS; SUMMER MONSOONS; TROPICAL CYCLONES; TROPICAL EASTERLY JET; TROPICAL STORMS; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

TROPICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; HURRICANE; JET; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND SHEAR;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 53749087929     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034729     Document Type: Article

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