An inter-hemispheric comparison of the tropical storm response to global warming

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 2147-2157

  Gleixner, Stephanie ^a   Keenlyside, Noel ^a,b   Hodges, Kevin I ^c   Tseng, Wan Ling ^d   Bengtsson, Lennart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Climate change; ECHAM5; Southern hemisphere; Tropical cyclones; Tropical Walker Circulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VORTICITY; WALKER CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84897571896     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1914-6     Document Type: Article

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