Sea level rise, surface warming, and the weakened buffering ability of South China Sea to strong typhoons in recent decades
Abstract Each year, a number of typhoons in the western North Pacific pass through the Luzon Strait into South China Sea (SCS). Although the storms remain above a warm open sea, the majority of them weaken due to atmospheric and oceanic environments unfavorable for typhoon intensification in SCS, wh...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07572-3 |