Changes in the tropical cyclone genesis potential index over the western north pacific in the SRES A2 Scenario

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1246-1258

  Zhang, Ying ^a,b,d   Wang, Huijun ^a,b   Sun, Jianqi ^a,b   Drange, Helge ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Genesis Potential Index; global warming; SRES A2; tropical cyclone; western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649478542     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-010-9096-1     Document Type: Article

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