Arctic climate change as manifest in cyclone behavior

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5777-5796

  Simmonds, Ian ^a   Burke, Craig ^a,b   Keay, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEAWATER; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ARCTIC OSCILLATIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CYCLONE FREQUENCIES; DEEP CYCLONES; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; GREENLAND; IDENTIFICATION SCHEMES; INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; KARA SEAS; LITTLE RESEARCHES; MEAN SIZES; RE-ANALYSIS; SEA ICE EXTENTS; SVALBARD; TRACKING SCHEMES;

STORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLONE; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KARA SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 60849089374     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2366.1     Document Type: Article

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