Unambiguous warming in the western tropical Pacific primarily caused by anthropogenic forcing

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 933-944

  Wang, Guomin ^a   Power, Scott B ^a   Mcgree, Simon ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMIP5; Pacific Islands; Surface temperature; Warming

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EARTH'S RADIATIVE BALANCE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL WESTERN PACIFIC; WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL REGION; WARMING;

PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 84956749251     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4395     Document Type: Article

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