Surface warming hiatus caused by increased heat uptake across multiple ocean basins

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 7868-7874

  Drijfhout, S S ^a   Blaker, A T ^b   Josey, S A ^b   Nurser, A J G ^b   Sinha, B ^b   Balmaseda, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate hiatus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT LOSSES; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE HIATUS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EASTERN PACIFIC; GLOBAL SURFACE WARMING; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SUBPOLAR NORTH ATLANTIC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT BALANCE; HIATUS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84923306520     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061456     Document Type: Article

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