Changes in the risk of extratropical cyclones in eastern Australia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1403-1417

  Dowdy, Andrew J ^a   Mills, Graham A ^a   Timbal, Bertrand ^a   Wang, Yang ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; OCEANIC VARIABILITIES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES;

STORMS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874879136     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00192.1     Document Type: Article

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