Cyclonic activity in high latitudes as simulated by a regional atmospheric climate model: Added value and uncertainties

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shkolnik, I M ^a   Efimov, S V ^a  

^a VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

added value; Arctic; baroclinic waves; climate extremes; model resolution; polar low; RCM

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; STORMS;

ADDED VALUES; ARCTIC; BAROCLINIC WAVES; CLIMATE EXTREMES; MODEL RESOLUTION; POLAR LOW; RCM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLONE; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDE; POLAR FRONT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84891938551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/4/045007     Document Type: Article

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