Model-simulated northern winter cyclone and anticyclone activity under a greenhouse warming scenario

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1616-1634

  Zhang, Yi ^a   Wang, Wei Chyung ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; STORMS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

ANTICYCLONE ACTIVITY; CLIMATE MODELS;

GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

EID: 0031177131     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1616:MSNWCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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