Quasiperiodic climate variability with a period of 50-80 years: Fourier analysis of measurements and Earth System Model simulations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 1999-2011

  Henriksson, S V ^a   Raisanen P ^a   Silen J ^a   Laaksonen, A ^a,b  

^a FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Global mean temperature; Multidecadal climate variability; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOURIER TRANSFORM; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; PERIODICITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WARMING;

EID: 84867102769     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1341-0     Document Type: Article

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