The recent global warming hiatus: What is the role of Pacific variability?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 880-888

  Douville, H ^a   Voldoire, A ^a   Geoffroy, O ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

ENSO; global warming; hiatus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ENSO; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HIATUS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HIATUS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84925207489     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062775     Document Type: Article

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