Deconstructing the climate change response of the Northern Hemisphere wintertime storm tracks

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2847-2860

  Harvey, B J ^a   Shaffrey, L C ^a   Woollings, T J ^b  

^a University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; CMIP3; Drivers of change; Polar amplification; Storm tracks

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TROPOSPHERE; WINTER;

EID: 84946487191     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2510-8     Document Type: Article

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