Energy budgets of Atlantic hurricanes and changes from 1970

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Fasullo, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy budget; Hurricanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449177423     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001847     Document Type: Article

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