Effects of volcanism on tropical variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 6024-6033

  Maher, Nicola ^a   McGregor, Shayne ^a   England, Matthew H ^a   Gupta, Alexander Sen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMIP5; ENSO; IOD; Pacific Indian variability; surface air temperature; volcanic climate forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; LANTHANUM; TROPICS;

CLIMATE FORCINGS; CMIP5; ENSO; PACIFIC-INDIAN VARIABILITY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

VOLCANOES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EL NINO; LA NINA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84939000990     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064751     Document Type: Article

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