Sinuosity of midlatitude atmospheric flow in a warming world

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 8259-8268

  Cattiaux, Julien ^a   Peings, Yannick ^b   Saint Martin, David ^a   Trou Kechout, Nadege ^a   Vavrus, Stephen J ^c  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic amplification; atmospheric dynamics; climate change; midlatitude circulation; sinuosity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; POLES; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC FLOWS; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL DISCREPANCIES; POLEWARD SHIFT; POTENTIAL CHANGE; SINUOSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AMPLIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPICAL REGION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WESTERLY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84981505025     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070309     Document Type: Article

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