Dynamical adjustment of the Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature field: Methodology and application to observations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1613-1629

  Smoliak, Brian V ^a,b   Wallace, John M ^a   Lin, Pu ^a,c   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b The Climate Corporation   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PARTIAL LEAST-SQUARES REGRESSION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RADIATIVE PROCESS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84922784631     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00111.1     Document Type: Article

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