Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 222-227

  England, Matthew H ^a   Mcgregor, Shayne ^a   Spence, Paul ^a   Meehl, Gerald A ^b   Timmermann, Axel ^c   Cai, Wenju ^d   Gupta, Alex Sen ^a   Mcphaden, Michael J ^e   Purich, Ariaan ^d   Santoso, Agus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT FLUX; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84895429353     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2106     Document Type: Article

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