Fine resolution simulations of the effect of climate change on tropical cyclones in the South Pacific

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2619-2631

  Walsh, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate modeling; Climate variability; South Pacific; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84946485430     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2497-1     Document Type: Article

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