Distinct effects of anthropogenic aerosols on tropical cyclones

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 368-373

  Wang, Yuan ^a,b   Lee, Keun Hee ^a,c   Lin, Yun ^a   Levy, Misti ^a   Zhang, Renyi ^a,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMPLITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DISSIPATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84899582526     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2144     Document Type: Article

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