Extreme Arctic cyclones in CMIP5 historical simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6208-6212

  Vavrus, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; CMIP5; cyclones; extreme; historical

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ARCTIC; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EXTREME; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HISTORICAL; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; SEA LEVEL;

STORMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLONE; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HISTORICAL RECORD; ICE COVER; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER; SPATIAL VARIATION; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84888618324     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058161     Document Type: Article

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