Consistent large-scale temperature responses in warm and cold climates

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1817-1823

  Izumi, Kenji ^a   Bartlein, Patrick J ^a   Harrison, Sandy P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate models; data model comparisons; paleoclimatic observations; paleoclimatic simulations

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; HIGHER LATITUDES; HISTORICAL OBSERVATION; PALEOCLIMATIC OBSERVATIONS; PALEOCLIMATIC RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOCLIMATIC SIMULATIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIATIVE FORCING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; WARMING;

EID: 84879122619     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50350     Document Type: Article

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