On tropical cyclone frequency and the warm pool area

The proposition that the rate of tropical cyclogenesis increases with the size of the "warm pool" is tested by comparing the seasonal variation of the warm pool area with the seasonality of the number of tropical cyclones. An analysis based on empirical data from the Northern Hemis...

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Main Author: R. E. Benestad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-04-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/635/2009/nhess-9-635-2009.pdf