Separating internal variability from the externally forced climate response

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 8184-8202

  Frankcombe, Leela M ^a   England, Matthew H ^a   Mann, Michael E ^b   Steinman, Byron A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate sensitivity; Climate variability; Geographic location entity; Mathematical and statistical techniques; Multidecadal variability; North Atlantic Ocean; Physical Meteorology and Climatology; Time series; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947590557     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0069.1     Document Type: Article

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