Attribution of cyclogenesis region sea surface temperature change to anthropogenic influence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Gillett, N P ^a   Stott, P A ^b   Santer, B D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

20TH CENTURY; ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES; ATLANTIC; CLIMATE MODELLING; CYCLOGENESIS; HURRICANE SEASON; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC; RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; HURRICANE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 48549083265     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033670     Document Type: Article

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