Absence of 21st century warming on Antarctic Peninsula consistent with natural variability

Nature

Volumn 535, Issue 7612, 2016, Pages 411-415

  Turner, John ^a   Lu, Hua ^a   White, Ian ^a   King, John C ^a   Phillips, Tony ^a   Hosking, J Scott ^a   Bracegirdle, Thomas J ^a   Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Mulvaney, Robert ^a   Deb, Pranab ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FLOATING ICE; OZONE DEPLETION; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING; WESTERLY;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE SHELF; LATITUDE; OZONE DEPLETION; OZONE LAYER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TROPICS; WINTER; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; ICE COVER; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

SEA WATER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84979663918     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18645     Document Type: Article

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