Do extreme climate events require extreme forcings?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 3440-3445

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Chen, Mingyue ^a   Hoerling, Martin ^a   Eischeid, Jon ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

climate extremes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC NOISE; ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GAS; CLIMATE EXTREMES; EARLY WARNING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTREME CLIMATES; EXTREME EVENTS; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST;

ALARM SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERICS; DROUGHT; SEA ICE;

LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC GAS; CLIMATE FORCING; DROUGHT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; NOISE; SEA ICE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 84880845648     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50657     Document Type: Article

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