Global projections of intense tropical cyclone activity for the late twenty-first century from dynamical downscaling of CMIP5/RCP4.5 scenarios

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 7203-7224

  Knutson, Thomas R ^a   Sirutis, Joseph J ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Tuleya, Robert E ^b   Bender, Morris ^a   Vecchi, Gabriel A ^a   Villarini, Gabriele ^c   Chavas, Daniel ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hurricanes typhoons

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

DYNAMICAL DOWNSCALING; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; HIGH-RESOLUTION ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HORIZONTAL GRID SPACING; HURRICANES/TYPHOONS; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

HURRICANES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CMIP; DOWNSCALING; HURRICANE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TYPHOON;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84950112786     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0129.1     Document Type: Article

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