Change in ocean subsurface environment to suppress tropical cyclone intensification under global warming

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Huang, Ping ^a,b   Lin, I I ^c   Chou, Chia ^d   Huang, Rong Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES JCGCS   (China)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HURRICANE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84929347257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8188     Document Type: Article

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