Comparison of short-term and long-term radiative feedbacks and variability in twentieth-century global climate model simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 10051-10070

  Dalton, Meghan M ^a   Shell, Karen M ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Climate models; Energy budget balance; Feedback; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

ANOMALIES; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; ENERGY BUDGET/BALANCE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEASONAL CYCLE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; SOLAR RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

FEEDBACK;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84890189540     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00564.1     Document Type: Article

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