Preliminary investigation into the severe thunderstorm environment of Europe simulated by the Community Climate System Model 3

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 607-618

  Marsh, Patrick T ^a   Brooks, Harold E ^b   Karoly, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Climatologies; Severe convection

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; CURRENT SIMULATION; DEEP LAYER; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; MEAN-WINDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NCEP/NCAR; REANALYSIS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL MEAN; SEVERE CONVECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WARM SEASONS;

CLIMATOLOGY; MODEL STRUCTURES; THUNDERSTORMS;

SIMULATORS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67349257777     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.09.014     Document Type: Article

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