On the time-varying trend in global-mean surface temperature

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 759-773

  Wu, Zhaohua ^a   Huang, Norden E ^b   Wallace, John M ^c   Smoliak, Brian V ^c   Chen, Xianyao ^d  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Ensemble empirical mode decomposition; Global warming trend; IPCC AR4; Multidecadal variability

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79960973968     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1128-8     Document Type: Article

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