Impact of increasing resolution and a warmer climate on extreme weather from Northern Hemisphere extratropical cyclones

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-906

  Champion, Adrian J ^a   Hodges, Kevin I ^a   Bengtsson, Lennart O ^a   Keenlyside, Noel S ^b   Esch, Monika ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 80052915198     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2011.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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