Interhemispheric temperature asymmetry over the twentieth century and in future projections

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5419-5433

  Friedman, Andrew R ^a   Hwang, Yen Ting ^b   Chiang, John C H ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Hadley circulation; Multidecadal variability; Rainfall; Surface temperature; Trends

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GLOBAL-MEAN TEMPERATURE; HADLEY CIRCULATION; HEMI-SPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRENDS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSES; RAIN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ASYMMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; HADLEY CELL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84879893218     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00525.1     Document Type: Article

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