Direct weakening of tropical circulations from masked CO2 radiative forcing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 13167-13171

  Merlis, Timothy M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Radiative forcing; Tropical circulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMIDITY; HURRICANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84945590049     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508268112     Document Type: Article

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