Future increase of supertyphoon intensity associated with climate change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 646-652

  Tsuboki, Kazuhisa ^a   Yoshioka, Mayumi K ^b   Shinoda, Taro ^a   Kato, Masaya ^a   Kanada, Sachie ^a   Kitoh, Akio ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

climate change; cloud resolving model; downscale simulation experiment; global warming; supertyphoon; typhoon maximum intensity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; HURRICANES; STORMS; WIND;

CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; GLOBAL SIMULATION; HISTORICAL DATA; MAXIMUM INTENSITIES; SUPERTYPHOON; TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY; TYPHOON INTENSITIES; VERY HIGH RESOLUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DOWNSCALING; GLOBAL WARMING; PARAMETERIZATION; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; TYPHOON; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84923575201     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061793     Document Type: Article

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