Scenario changes in the climatology of winter midlatitude cyclone activity over eastern North America and the Northwest Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Long, Z ^a   Perrie, W ^a,b   Gyakum, J ^c   Laprise, R ^d   Caya, D ^d,e  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e Centre Pour l'Etude et la Simulation du Climat A l'Echelle Regionale ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

BAROCLINICITY; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CONTROL PERIODS; COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; CYCLONE TRACKS; EAST COAST; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GREEN HOUSE GAS; MIDLATITUDE CYCLONES; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; REGIONAL ANALYSIS; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SECOND GENERATION; STORM TRACK; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRACK DENSITY; WINTER CYCLONES;

SIMULATORS;

BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYCLONE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 68849124534     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010869     Document Type: Article

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