Daily tropical cyclone intensity response to solar ultraviolet radiation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Elsner, J B ^a   Jagger, T H ^a   Hodges, R E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; EL NINO; HURRICANE ACTIVITY; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MG II INDEX; OCEAN HEAT; RESPONSE AMPLITUDES; RESPONSE SENSITIVITY; SOLAR ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; ULTRA-VIOLET; UPPER TROPOSPHERE;

COSMOLOGY; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

SOLAR ENERGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COSMIC RAY; EL NINO; HURRICANE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 77952208135     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043091     Document Type: Article

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