Intensification of extratropical cyclones associated with the polar jet change in the CMIP5 global warming projections

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Mizuta, Ryo ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; SEA LEVEL;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STORM TRACK; SURFACE CYCLONE; TIME-SCALES; ZONAL WIND;

STORMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; JET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND PROFILE; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84867557618     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053032     Document Type: Article

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