Origin of the Arctic warming in climate models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2011, Pages

  Chung, Chul E ^a   Räisänen, Petri ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AEROSOL FORCING; ARCTIC WARMING; CLIMATE FORCINGS; POLEWARD ENERGY TRANSPORT; REANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE TRENDS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY FLUX; GLOBAL WARMING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 81155127449     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049816     Document Type: Article

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