Simulated versus observed patterns of warming over the extratropical Northern Hemisphere continents during the cold season

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 14337-14342

  Wallacea, John M ^a   Fua, Qiang ^a,b   Smoliaka, Brian V ^a   Lina, Pu ^a   Johansona, Celeste M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climate model diagnostics; Dynamically induced warming; Polar amplification; Spatial patterns of warming

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE GAS; LATITUDE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANO; WARMING; WINTER;

ASIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GLOBAL WARMING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84865966104     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1204875109     Document Type: Article

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