Consistent differences in climate feedbacks between Atmosphere-ocean GCMs and atmospheric GCMs with slab-ocean models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4264-4281

  Shell, Karen M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Climate sensitivity; Feedback; Radiative fluxes; Temperature; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORTS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; WATER VAPOR FEEDBACKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; FEEDBACK; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS; WATER VAPOR;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84880261516     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00519.1     Document Type: Article

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