Tropical cyclone simulation and response to CO2 doubling in the GFDL CM2.5 high-resolution coupled climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 8034-8054

  Kim, Hyeong Seog ^a,b,e   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^c   Knutson, Thomas R ^c   Anderson, Whit G ^c   Delworth, Thomas L ^c   Rosati, Anthony ^c   Zeng, Fanrong ^c   Zhao, Ming ^c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Towers Watson   (United Kingdom)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate models; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SHEAR FLOW; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; HURRICANE FREQUENCY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL WIND SHEAR;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84916225185     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00475.1     Document Type: Article

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