Ice cores record significant 1940s Antarctic warmth related to tropical climate variability

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 12154-12158

  Schneider, David P ^a   Steig, Eric J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; El Ni o

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE CORE RECORD; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 50449093647     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803627105     Document Type: Article

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