Contribution of changes in atmospheric circulation patterns to extreme temperature trends

Nature

Volumn 522, Issue 7557, 2015, Pages 465-469

  Horton, Daniel E ^a,b   Johnson, Nathaniel C ^c,d,e   Singh, Deepti ^a   Swain, Daniel L ^a   Rajaratnam, Bala ^a,b   Diffenbaugh, Noah S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXTREME TEMPERATURE TREND; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SELF ORGANIZING MAP; SUMMER; AIR; ASIA; EUROPE; FREEZING; ICE COVER; NORTH AMERICA; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL ASIA; NORTH AMERICA;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ASIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FREEZING; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; NORTH AMERICA; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84933048826     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14550     Document Type: Article

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