Testing the performance of tropical cyclone genesis indices in future climates using the HiRAM model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9171-9196

  Camargo, Suzana J ^a   Tippett, Michael K ^b,c   Sobel, Adam H ^b,d   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^e   Zhao, Ming ^e  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b King Abdulaziz University ^*  (United States)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Hurricanes typhoons

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

CLIMATE FORCINGS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; SATURATION DEFICIT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL PATTERNS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; PROBABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

EID: 84916200113     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00505.1     Document Type: Article

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