Atlantic hurricanes and climate change. part ii: Role of thermodynamic changes in decreased hurricane frequency

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8513-8528

  Mallard, Megan S ^a,b   Lackmann, Gary M ^a   Aiyyer, Anantha ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; General circulation models; Hurricanes; Hurricanes typhoons; Mesoscale models; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION SIMULATIONS; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; INITIAL AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MESO-SCALE MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

HURRICANES;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HURRICANE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84886264586     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00183.1     Document Type: Article

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