CMIP5 multi-model hindcasts for the mid-1970s shift and early 2000s hiatus and predictions for 2016-2035

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1711-1716

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Teng, Haiyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

decadal prediction; early 2000s hiatus; mid 1970s shift

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DECADAL PREDICTIONS; EARLY-2000S HIATUS; MID-1970S SHIFT; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HIATUS; HINDCASTING; SIMULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84895616621     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059256     Document Type: Article

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