The roles of external forcing and natural variability in global warming hiatuses

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 47, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 3157-3169

  Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

EOF analysis of global SST; External forcing and natural variability; Global warming hiatus

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; GLOBAL WARMING; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRADE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84957625289     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3018-6     Document Type: Article

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