The impact of climate change on global tropical cyclone damage

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-209

  Mendelsohn, Robert ^a   Emanuel, Kerry ^b   Chonabayashi, Shun ^a   Bakkensen, Laura ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; DAMAGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMISSION INVENTORY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCOME; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OCEAN BASIN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; EAST AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84857529581     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1357     Document Type: Article

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