Using an AGCM to diagnose historical effective radiative forcing and mechanisms of recent decadal climate change

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1193-1209

  Andrews, Timothy ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GLOBAL WARMING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84893173072     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00336.1     Document Type: Article

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