Interacting components of the top-of-atmosphere energy balance affect changes in regional surface temperature

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 7291-7297

  Merlis, Timothy M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

climate change; climate feedbacks; polar amplification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; FEEDBACK; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; POLAR AMPLIFICATIONS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIFFUSION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84911413263     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061700     Document Type: Article

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