Variations in tropical cyclone genesis factors in simulations of the Holocene epoch

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 8196-8211

  Korty, Robert L ^a   Camargo, Suzana J ^b   Galewsky, Joseph ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Climate variability; Paleoclimate; Tropical cyclones; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE MODELS; ORBITS; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; PALEOCLIMATES; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUBSTANTIAL VARIATIONS; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

HURRICANES;

BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CYCLOGENESIS; ENTROPY; HOLOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION; THERMODYNAMICS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOPAUSE; TROPOSPHERE; VOLCANISM;

EID: 84871751273     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00033.1     Document Type: Article

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