Attributing observed SST trends and subcontinental land warming to anthropogenic forcing during 1979-2005

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3152-3170

  Chan, Duo ^a   Wu, Qigang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SURFACE WATERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CAUSE; ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84949845667     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00253.1     Document Type: Article

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