Projected changes in tropical cyclone activity under future warming scenarios using a high-resolution climate model

Climatic Change

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2018, Pages 547-560

  Bacmeister, Julio T ^a   Reed, Kevin A ^b   Hannay, Cecile ^a   Lawrence, Peter ^a   Bates, Susan ^a   Truesdale, John E ^a   Rosenbloom, Nan ^a   Levy, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; High resolution; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; HURRICANES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84982784022     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1750-x     Document Type: Article

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