Storm track processes and the opposing influences of climate change

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 656-664

  Shaw, T A ^a   Baldwin, M ^b   Barnes, E A ^c   Caballero, R ^d   Garfinkel, C I ^e   Hwang, Y T ^f   Li, C ^g   O'Gorman, P A ^h   Riviere G ⁱ   Simpson, I R ^j   Voigt, A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^j NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^k Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; CYCLONE; ENERGY BALANCE; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 84984916644     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2783     Document Type: Review

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