A comparison of surface air temperature variability in three 1000-Yr coupled ocean-atmosphere model integrations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 513-537

  Stouffer, Ronald J ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele ^b   Tett, Simon ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; OCEAN TEMPERATURE CIRCULATION MODEL; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034143855     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0513:ACOSAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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