Response of tropical cyclone potential intensity over the north Indian Ocean to global warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yu, Jinhua ^a,b   Wang, Yuqing ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEANS; ARABIAN SEAS; BAY OF BENGAL; CO2 CONCENTRATIONS; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DYNAMIC EFFICIENCIES; ENSEMBLE SIMULATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS; INDIAN OCEANS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGES; SUMMER MONSOONS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCIES; TROPICAL CYCLONES; VERTICAL SHEARS; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; POTENTIAL INTENSITY; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; HURRICANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 65249166075     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036742     Document Type: Article

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