Nonlinearities in patterns of long-term ocean warming

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3380-3388

  Rugenstein, Maria A A ^a   Sedláček, Jan ^a   Knutti, Reto ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMIP5; equation of state; equilibrium; ocean heat uptake; thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAT STORAGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EXPANSION; TIME MEASUREMENT;

CMIP5; EQUATION OF STATE; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; SURFACE CONDITIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGES; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE WARMING;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84979470028     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068041     Document Type: Article

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