An abrupt drop in Northern Hemisphere sea surface temperature around 1970

Nature

Volumn 467, Issue 7314, 2010, Pages 444-447

  Thompson, David W J ^a   Wallace, John M ^b   Kennedy, John J ^c   Jones, Phil D ^d  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE;

AEROSOL; COOLING; DATA SET; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SULFATE; TIMESCALE; TROPOSPHERE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77957114318     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09394     Document Type: Article

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