Variations in mean annual tropical cyclone size in the Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Quiring, Steven ^a   Schumacher, Andrea ^a   Labosier, Chris ^a   Zhu, Laiyin ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HURRICANES; SEA LEVEL;

ATLANTIC BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GULF OF MEXICO; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NEAR-REAL TIME; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPATIAL SCALE; SUBBASINS; TANGENTIAL WIND; TEMPORAL SCALE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRESSURE EFFECT; REAL TIME; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 79957439112     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015011     Document Type: Article

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