Projected increases in North Atlantic tropical cyclone intensity from CMIP5 models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3231-3240

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); NORTH ATLANTIC; POSITIVE DEPENDENCE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY;

HURRICANES;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84877673214     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00441.1     Document Type: Article

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