The dependence of radiative forcing and feedback on evolving patterns of surface temperature change in climate models

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1630-1648

  Andrews, Timothy ^a   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a,b   Webb, Mark J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GLOBAL TEMPERATURE CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TIME-VARYING FEEDBACK; TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84922774244     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00545.1     Document Type: Article

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