Human contribution to the 2014 record high sea surface temperatures over the western tropical and Northeast Pacific Ocean

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S100-S104

  Weller, Evan ^a   Min, Seung Ki ^a   Lee, Donghyun ^a   Cai, Wenju ^b,c   Yeh, Sang Wook ^d   Kug, Jong Seong ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATERS;

HUMAN INFLUENCES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84955470904     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00055.1     Document Type: Review

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