On the assessment of nonlocal climate feedback. Part I: The generalized equilibrium feedback assessment

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-148

  Lui, Zhengyu ^a   Wen, Na ^b   Liu, Yun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; EQUILIBRIUM FEEDBACK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING ERROR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 40849113473     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1826.1     Document Type: Article

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