Quasi-resonant circulation regimes and hemispheric synchronization of extreme weather in boreal summer

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 34, 2014, Pages 12331-12336

  Coumou, Dim ^a   Petoukhov, Vladimir ^a   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^a   Petri, Stefan ^a   Schellnhuber, Hans Joachim ^a,b  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic amplification; Climate change; Climate impact; Midlatitude weather; Planetary waves

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; WIND;

EID: 84906673986     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412797111     Document Type: Article

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