Can climate models capture the structure of extratropical cyclones?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1621-1635

  Catto, Jennifer L ^a   Shaffrey, Len C ^a   Hodges, Kevin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FIELDS; COMPOSITING; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONVEYOR BELTS; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; ISENTROPES; ISENTROPIC; KEY FEATURE; LOW LEVEL JET; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SURFACE FEATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; VERTICAL VELOCITY; WARM AIR; WIND FIELD; WIND SPEED;

BELT CONVEYORS; CLIMATE MODELS; MOISTURE; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 77953706029     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3318.1     Document Type: Article

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