The transient circulation response to radiative forcings and sea surface warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9323-9336

  Staten, Paul W ^a   Reichler, Thomas ^a   Lu, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Eddies; Ensembles; General circulation models; Hadley circulation; Trends

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OZONE LAYER; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECTS; EDDIES; ENSEMBLES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CIRCULATION; TRENDS;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HADLEY CELL; JET FLOW; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84919741162     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00035.1     Document Type: Article

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