CLIMATE MODEL REGCM2;
TROPICAL CYCLONE;
NUMERICAL SCHEME;
DIGITAL DATA;
CIRCULATION;
HURRICANE;
STORM;
PRECIPITATION;
SIMULATIONS;
VORTICES;
D O I:
10.1007/s00382-013-1723-y
中图分类号:
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号:
0706 ;
070601 ;
摘要:
Regional climate model projections over the Mediterranean region are analysed for the presence of intense, warm-core lows that share some of the characteristics of tropical cyclones. The results indicate that the number of such systems decreases in a warmer world, particularly in winter. Comparison of the simulated numbers to changes in relevant climate diagnostics suggests that numbers decrease due to an increasingly hostile environment for storm formation, combined with a general poleward shift in the incidence of wintertime lows over western Europe.