Decadal fluctuations in planetary wave forcing modulate global warming in late boreal winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4418-4426

  Cohen, Judah ^a   Barlow, Mathew ^b   Saito, Kazuyuki ^c,d  

^a ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL WINTERS; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND SURFACE CONDITIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PLANETARY WAVES; TEMPERATURE PROJECTION; TIME-SCALES;

GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE FORCING; DECADAL VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY WAVE; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; WINTER;

EURASIA;

EID: 69249126161     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2931.1     Document Type: Article

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