Cluster analysis of downscaled and explicitly simulated North Atlantic tropical cyclone tracks

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1333-1361

  Daloz, Anne S ^a   Camargo, S J ^b   Kossin, J P ^c   Emanuel, K ^d   Horn, M ^e   Jonas, J A ^f,g   Kim, D ^b   Larow, T ^h   Lim, Y K ^g   Patricola, C M ⁱ   Roberts, M ^j   Scoccimarro, E ^k,l   Shaevitz, D ^m   Vidale, P L ⁿ   Wang, H ^o,p   Wehner, M ^q   Zhao, M ^o  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^c NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^g NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^h FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^k ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^l CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

^m NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center ^*  (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^o NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^p Innovim   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEPARATION; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

BAROCLINIC CYCLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL FIELDS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; POSSIBLE FUTURES; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL CYCLONE;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOWNSCALING; STORM TRACK; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922782599     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00646.1     Document Type: Article

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