Ocean feedback to tropical cyclones: climatology and processes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 2831-2854

  Jullien, Swen ^a   Marchesiello, Patrick ^a   Menkes, Christophe E ^b,c   Lefèvre, Jérôme ^a,c   Jourdain, Nicolas C ^a,e   Samson, Guillaume ^a   Lengaigne, Matthieu ^b,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^d Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air sea coupling; Modeling; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896550175     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2096-6     Document Type: Article

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