Extreme cyclone wave climate in the Southwest Pacific Ocean: Influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation and projected climate change

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 123, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 13-26

  Stephens, Scott A ^a   Ramsay, D L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Extreme wave; Pacific Ocean; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

EXTREME WAVES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE CLIMATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; PROBABILITY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WAVE CLIMATE; WAVE HEIGHT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 84910090479     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.10.002     Document Type: Article

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