Severe thunderstorms and climate change

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-138

  Brooks, H E ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Severe thunderstorms; Tornadoes

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODEL SIMULATION; STRONG DEPENDENCES; WIND EVENTS; WIND SHEARS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THUNDERSTORMS; TORNADOES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM; TORNADO; TROPOSPHERE; WIND SHEAR;

EID: 84874380709     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.04.002     Document Type: Review

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