Tropical cyclones and climate change: Revisiting recent studies at gfdl

Climate Extremes and Society

Volumn 9780521870283, Issue , 2008, Pages 120-144

  Knutson, Thomas R ^a   Tuleya, Robert E ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSE GASES; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GREENHOUSE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; REGIONAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77956648406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535840.009     Document Type: Chapter

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