Long time memory in global warming simulations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Blender, Richard ^a   Fraedrich, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long time memory; Scenario simulations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES;

TEMPERATURE SPECTRA; COASTAL AREA; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; LOW FREQUENCY POWER; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; POWER LAW EXPONENT; POWER LAW SCALINGS; SCENARIO SIMULATIONS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; POWER LAW; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141907742     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017666     Document Type: Article

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