Ocean barrier layers' effect on tropical cyclone intensification

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 14343-14347

  Balaguru, Karthik ^a,b   Chang, Ping ^b,c   Saravanan, R ^b   Leung, L Ruby ^a   Xu, Zhao ^b,c   Li, Mingkui ^c   Hsieh, Jen Shan ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENTHALPY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HURRICANE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; TROPICS; WATER CYCLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLONIC STORMS; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84865973344     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201364109     Document Type: Article

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