Variation in climate sensitivity and feedback parameters during the historical period

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3911-3920

  Gregory, J M ^a,b   Andrews, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AGCM; AMIP; climate feedback; climate sensitivity; climate variability; radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

AGCM; AMIP; CLIMATE FEEDBACKS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84968830865     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068406     Document Type: Article

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