Projected Changes in Eurasian and Arctic Summer Cyclones under Global Warming in the Bergen Climate Model

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Orsolini, Yvan J ^a   Sorteberg, Asgeir ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; climate change; cyclone; Global warming

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VORTICITY; ZONAL WIND;

BERGEN; HORDALAND; NORWAY;

EID: 78249287321     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2009.11446776     Document Type: Article

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