Fast and slow responses to global warming: Sea surface temperature and precipitation patterns

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 285-299

  Long, Shang Min ^a   Xie, Shang Ping ^a,b   Zheng, Xiao Tong ^a   Liu, Qinyu ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Greenhouse gases; Radiative forcing; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSE;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPORATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MIXED LAYER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIATIVE FORCING; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84892468451     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00297.1     Document Type: Article

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