Objective assessment of extratropical weather systems in simulated climates

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3467-3485

  Sinclair, Mark R ^a,d   Watterson, Ian G ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Coop Res Ctr S Hemisphere M ^*  (Australia)

^d EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; STORMS; VORTEX FLOW; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING; EXTRATROPICAL WEATHER SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORECASTING METHOD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0033501201     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3467:OAOEWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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