Modes and mechanisms of global water vapor variability over the twentieth century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5578-5593

  Zhang, Liping ^a   Wu, Lixin ^a   Gan, Bolan ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Anthropogenic effects; Climate change; Climate models; Monsoons; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; MONSOONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

WATER VAPOR;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; RADIATIVE FORCING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84881230731     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00585.1     Document Type: Article

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