Investigating global tropical cyclone activity with a hierarchy of AGCMs: The role of model resolution

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 133-152

  Strachan, Jane ^a   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^a   Hodges, Kevin ^a   Roberts, Malcolm ^b   Demory, Marie Estelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VORTICITY; ENSEMBLE SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FEATURE-TRACKING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODEL FORMULATION; MODEL HIERARCHY; MODEL RESOLUTION; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STORM INTENSITY; STORM OCCURRENCES; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STORMS;

HURRICANES;

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84872977130     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00012.1     Document Type: Article

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