Response to CO2 doubling of the Atlantic hurricane main development region in a high-resolution climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4322-4334

  Doi, Takeshi ^a,b,c   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^b   Rosati, Anthony J ^b   Delworth, Thomas L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Atlantic Ocean; Climate models; Hurricanes; Interannual variability; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATLANTIC HURRICANE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODELS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; HURRICANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; HURRICANE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRADE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84880305904     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00110.1     Document Type: Article

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