Interhemispheric asymmetry in transient global warming: The role of Drake Passage

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1587-1593

  Hutchinson, David K ^a,b   England, Matthew H ^a,b   Santoso, Agus ^a,b   Hogg, Andrew McC ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Australian Research Council   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; asymmetry; global Warming; sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ASYMMETRY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; LAND BRIDGE; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; MELTING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE;

EID: 84877941455     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50341     Document Type: Article

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