Implications of changes in the atmospheric circulation on the detection of regional surface air temperature trends

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Wu, Qigang ^a   Karoly, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; WARMING;

EID: 34250721031     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028502     Document Type: Article

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