Objectively determined resolution-dependent threshold criteria for the detection of tropical cyclones in climate models and reanalyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2307-2314

  Walsh, Kevin J E ^a   Fiorino, M ^b,c   Landsea, C W ^d   McInnes, K L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND;

TROPICAL CYCLONES; WIND SPEED;

STORMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; THRESHOLD; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND PROFILE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34250644261     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4074.1     Document Type: Article

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