Ocean heat content for tropical cyclone intensity forecasting and its impact on storm surge

Natural Hazards

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1481-1500

  Lin, I I ^a   Goni, Gustavo J ^b   Knaff, John A ^c   Forbes, Cristina ^d   Ali, M M ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^e National Remote Sensing Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Heat potential; Intensity forecast; Storm surge; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EDDY; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STORM SURGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84876919838     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0214-5     Document Type: Article

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