On the origin of the surface air temperature difference between the hemispheres in earth's present-day climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7136-7150

  Feulner, Georg ^a   Rahmstorf, Stefan ^a   Levermann, Anders ^a   Volkwardt, Silvia ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA; MERIDIONAL HEAT TRANSPORTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMBER OF FACTORS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84884273626     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00636.1     Document Type: Article

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