Comparing cyclone life cycle characteristics and their interannual variability in different reanalyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 6419-6438

  Tilinina, Natalia ^a   Gulev, Sergey K ^a   Rudeva, Irina ^b,c   Koltermann, Peter ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LIFE CYCLE CHARACTERISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN STORMS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; NASA; POPULATION STATISTICS;

STORMS;

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLONE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TRACKING; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84883205548     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00777.1     Document Type: Article

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