Trends and low frequency variability of extra-tropical cyclone activity in the ensemble of twentieth century reanalysis

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 2775-2800

  Wang, Xiaolan L ^a   Feng, Y ^a   Compo, G P ^b,c   Swail, V R ^a   Zwiers, F W ^d   Allan, R J ^e   Sardeshmukh, P D ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclone tracking; Data homogeneity tests; Data homogenization; Extra tropical cyclones; Reanalysis data; Trends and low frequency variability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); AUSTRALIA; EUROPE;

EID: 84878107933     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1450-9     Document Type: Article

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