Separation of contributions from radiative feedbacks to polar amplification on an aquaplanet

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3010-3024

  Langen, Peter L ^a   Graversen, Rune Grand ^b   Mauritsen, Thorsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Feedback; General circulation models

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; FEEDBACK PROCESS; FORCINGS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGH LATITUDES; LAPSE RATE; LOW LATITUDES; MIXED LAYER; RADIATIVE EFFECTS; SURFACE ALBEDO; WATER VAPOR FEEDBACKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; VAPORS;

FEEDBACK;

ALBEDO; AMPLIFICATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLOUD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WARMING; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84859950145     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00246.1     Document Type: Article

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