The simulation of cutoff lows in a regional climate model: Reliability and future trends

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 445-459

  Grose, Michael R ^a   Pook, Michael J ^b   McIntosh, Peter C ^b   Risbey, James S ^b   Bindoff, Nathaniel L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric blocking; Climate change; Climate models; Cutoff low; Regional climate models; Split jet

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84862991399     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1368-2     Document Type: Article

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