Wind extremes in the North Sea Basin under climate change: An ensemble study of 12 CMIP5 GCMs

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1601-1612

  De Winter, R C ^a,b   Sterl, A ^b   Ruessink, B G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

climate change; CMIP5; North Sea; wind extremes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LOW ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURES; MAXIMUM WIND SPEED; NORTH SEA; WIND CONDITIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL PROTECTION; FLOODING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; STORM SURGE; VULNERABILITY; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84877821439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50147     Document Type: Article

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