Multidecadal climate variability in observed and modeled surface temperatures

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1104-1121

  Kravtsov, Sergey ^a   Spannagle, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HURRICANES;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MULTIMODEL ENSEMBLE MEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 44349091022     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1874.1     Document Type: Article

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