Sensitivity of northern hemisphere air temperatures and snow expansion to North Pacific sea surface temperatures in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 23781-23791

  Peteet, Dorothy ^a,b   Del Genio, Anthony ^a   Lo, Kenneth K W ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE INSTABILITY; CLIMATE TRIGGER; GCM; LATE GLACIAL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031448374     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd01573     Document Type: Article

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