Projection of changes in tropical cyclone activity and cloud height due to greenhouse warming: Global cloud‐system‐resolving approach

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Yamada, Yohei ^a   Oouchi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Satoh, Masaki ^a,b   Tomita, Hirofumi ^a   Yanase, Wataru ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE WATERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENSEMBLE EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84992305563     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042518     Document Type: Article

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