Global warming, El niño, and high-impact storms at extreme altitude: Historical trends and consequences for mountaineers

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2197-2209

  Moore, G W K ^a   Semple, J L ^b   Hoyland, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c High Peak   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; ENSO; History; Monsoons; Mountain meteorology; Storm environments

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; DATA SETS; ENSO; HISTORICAL TRENDS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MONSOONS; MOUNT EVEREST; THIN AIR; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY; LANDFORMS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE DROP;

STORMS;

BAROMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYPOXIA; METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PRESSURE DROP; STORM; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

HIMALAYAS; KHUMBU HIMAL; MOUNT EVEREST;

EID: 84856163156     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-023.1     Document Type: Article

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