New observational evidence for a positive cloud feedback that amplifies the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 9852-9859

  Bellomo, Katinka ^a   Clement, Amy C ^b   Murphy, Lisa N ^b   Polvani, Lorenzo M ^a,c   Cane, Mark A ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; MODEL SIMULATION; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOCIETAL IMPACTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AMPLITUDE; ANOMALY; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84987936751     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL069961     Document Type: Article

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