Hindcast prediction and near-future projection of tropical cyclone activity over the Western North Pacific using CMIP5 near-term experiments with MIROC

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-452

  Mori, Masato ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^a   Ishii, Masayoshi ^b   Yokoi, Satoru ^c   Mochizuki, Takashi ^c   Chikamoto, Yoshimitsu ^c   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Nozawa, Toru ^d   Tatebe, Hiroaki ^c   Sakamoto, Takashi T ^a   Komuro, Yoshiki ^c   Imada, Yukiko ^a   Koyama, Hiroshi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

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

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Global warming; Near term prediction; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HINDCASTING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84883668946     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-402     Document Type: Article

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