Boundary layer stability and Arctic climate change: A feedback study using EC-Earth

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2659-2673

  Bintanja, R ^a   van der Linden, E C ^a   Hazeleger, W ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arctic amplification; Arctic warming; Boundary layer inversion; Climate change; Climate feedback; Climate sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALBEDO; AMPLIFICATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL MIXING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84868686669     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1272-1     Document Type: Article

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