Northern hemisphere storm tracks in present day and last glacial maximum climate simulations: A comparison of the European PMIP models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 742-760

  Kageyama, Masa ^a,b,e   Valdes, P J ^a   Ramstein, G ^b   Hewitt, C ^c   Wyputta, U ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (AGCM); STORM TRACKS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; STORM TRACK;

EID: 0033102071     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0742:nhstip>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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