Introduction to explaining extreme events of 2015 from a climate perspective

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2016, Pages S1-S3

  Herring, Stephanie C ^a   Hoell, Andrew ^b   Hoerling, Martin P ^b   Kossin, James P ^c   Schreck, Carl J ^d   Stott, Peter A ^e  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NOAA National Environmental Satellite   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA ICE; STORMS;

ARCTIC SEA ICE; COLD WINTER; EVENT TYPES; EXTREME EVENTS; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85011675613     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0313.1     Document Type: Review

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