The importance of ENSO phase during volcanic eruptions for detection and attribution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2851-2858

  Lehner, Flavio ^a   Schurer, Andrew P ^b   Hegerl, Gabriele C ^b   Deser, Clara ^a   Frölicher, Thomas L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate variability; detection and attribution; ENSO phase; model climate sensitivity; volcanic response

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL; VOLCANOES;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTIONS; ENSO PHASE; VOLCANIC RESPONSE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; GLOBAL WARMING; MAGNITUDE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 84979486694     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL067935     Document Type: Article

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