Atmospheric and oceanic conditions associated with Southern Australian heat waves: A CMIP5 analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7807-7829

  Purich, Ariaan ^a   Cowan, Tim ^a   Cai, Wenju ^a   van Rensch, Peter ^a   Uotila, Petteri ^a,b   Pezza, Alexandre ^c   Boschat, Ghyslaine ^c   Perkins, Sarah ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COASTAL ZONES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; POLEWARD SHIFT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SST ANOMALIES; TRACKING SCHEME;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84907833468     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00098.1     Document Type: Article

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