Scaling of tropical-cyclone dissipation

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 693-696

  Corral, Álvaro ^a   Ossó, Albert ^b   Llebot, Josep Enric ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA MATEMÀTICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CRITICAL PHENOMENON; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; EXTERNAL FORCING; HISTORICAL DATABASE; INTRINSIC NATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ELECTRIC LOSSES;

EID: 77956342011     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1725     Document Type: Article

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