Coherence among the Northern Hemisphere land, cryosphere, and ocean responses to natural variability and anthropogenic forcing during the satellite era

Earth System Dynamics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 717-734

  Gonsamo, Alemu ^a   Chen, Jing M ^a   Shindell, Drew T ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH (PLANET); ICE CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DETECTION AND ATTRIBUTIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LONG-TERM MEASUREMENTS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRYOSPHERE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 84984684901     PISSN: 21904979     EISSN: 21904987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/esd-7-717-2016     Document Type: Article

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