Tropical cyclones in the UPSCALE ensemble of high-resolution global climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 574-596

  Roberts, Malcolm J ^a   Vidale, Pier Luigi ^b   Mizielinski, Matthew S ^a   Demory, Marie Estelle ^b   Schiemann, Reinhard ^b   Strachan, Jane ^a,b   Hodges, Kevin ^b   Bell, Ray ^b   Camp, Joanne ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HURRICANES; STORMS; TROPICS; WIND;

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EASTERLY WAVE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GLOBAL CLIMATE; JET STREAM; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84921685631     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00131.1     Document Type: Article

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