Interhemispheric aerosol radiative forcing and tropical precipitation shifts during the late Twentieth Century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 8219-8246

  Allen, Robert J ^a   Evan, Amato T ^b   Booth, Ben B B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Circulation Dynamics; Climate models; Hydrologic cycle; Model evaluation performance; Models and modeling; Trends; Tropical variability; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945474745     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0148.1     Document Type: Article

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