Delayed winter warming: A robust decadal response to strong tropical volcanic eruptions?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 204-209

  Zanchettin, Davide ^a   Timmreck, Claudia ^a   Bothe, Oliver ^a,b   Lorenz, Stephan J ^a   Hegerl, Gabriele ^c   Graf, Hans F ^d   Luterbacher, Jürg ^e   Jungclaus, Johann H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; CLIMATE SIMULATION; DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DYNAMICAL RESPONSE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; WINTER NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WINTER;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874842141     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054403     Document Type: Article

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