Cyclonic activity in a warmer climate

Contributions to Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-407

  Lunkeit, F ^a   Ponater, M ^b   Sausen, R ^b   Sogalla, M ^c   Ulbrich, U ^c   Windelband, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CYCLONES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; CYCLONE ACTIVITY; CYCLONES; EXTREME EVENT; GCM; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCREASE; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0030513361     PISSN: 00058173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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