Dark warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 705-719

  Burt, Melissa A ^a   Randall, David A ^a   Branson, Mark D ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Atm Ocean Structure Phenomena; Climate change; Cloud radiative effects; Geographic location entity; Monsoons; Physical meteorology and climatology; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); ICE; INSULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; WIND;

ABSORBED SOLAR RADIATIONS; ARCTIC; CLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONS; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; MONSOONS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE EVAPORATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84957827830     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0147.1     Document Type: Article

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