Proxy evidence for an El Niño-like response to volcanic forcing

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6964, 2003, Pages 274-278

  Adams, J Brad ^a   Mann, Michael E ^a   Ammann, Caspar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPLOSIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PALAEOCLIMATE ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; EL NINO; EMPIRICISM; EXPERIMENT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; VOLCANO; WINTER;

EID: 0344011979     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02101     Document Type: Article

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