The impact of aerosols on simulated ocean temperature and heat content in the 20th century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Delworth, Thomas L ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a   Stenchikov, Georgiy L ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GLOBAL OCEAN TEMPERATURE; GREENHOUSES GASES; OCEAN WARMING; SIMULATED OCEAN TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AEROSOL; HEAT CAPACITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 32644442724     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024457     Document Type: Article

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