Time-Varying Climate Sensitivity from Regional Feedbacks

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4518-4534

  Armour, Kyle C ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^b   Roe, Gerard H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDBACK; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIATIVE FORCING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84880674695     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00544.1     Document Type: Article

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