Late winter temperature response to large tropical volcanic eruptions in temperate western North America: Relationship to ENSO phases

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 238-250

  Wahl, Eugene R ^a   Diaz, Henry F ^b   Smerdon, Jason E ^c   Ammann, Caspar M ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^c International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate forcing; El Ni o; La Ni a; Paleoclimatology; Post volcanic response; Volcanoes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CLIMATE FORCINGS; GEO-POTENTIAL HEIGHTS; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; POST-VOLCANIC RESPONSE; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SUPERPOSED-EPOCH ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE;

VOLCANOES;

AEROSOL; COOLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGY BALANCE; GEOPOTENTIAL; HOMOGENEITY; PRESSURE; RADIATIVE FORCING; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84907484962     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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