The relationship between land-ocean surface temperature contrast and radiative forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3239-3256

  Lambert, F Hugo ^a,c   Webb, Mark J ^a   Joshi, Manoj M ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate sensitivity; Coupled models; Lake effects; Radiative forcing; Sea surface temperature; Transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COUPLED MODELS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRANSPORT;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 79960337918     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3893.1     Document Type: Article

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