Assessing recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 917-926

  Jones, Julie M ^a   Gille, Sarah T ^b   Goosse, Hugues ^c   Abram, Nerilie J ^d   Canziani, Pablo O ^e   Charman, Dan J ^f   Clem, Kyle R ^g   Crosta, Xavier ^h   De Lavergne, Casimir ⁱ   Eisenman, Ian ^b   England, Matthew H ^j   Fogt, Ryan L ^k   Frankcombe, Leela M ^j   Marshall, Gareth J ^l   Masson Delmotte, Valérie ^m   Morrison, Adele K ⁿ   Orsi, Anaïs J ^m   Raphael, Marilyn N ^o   Renwick, James A ^g   Schneider, David P ^p   Simpkins, Graham R ^q   Steig, Eric J ^r   Stenni, Barbara ^s   Swingedouw, Didier ^h   Vance, Tessa R ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^g VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁱ SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^k OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^m LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

ⁿ PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^p NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^s CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^t ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; INSTRUMENTATION; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84989172260     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3103     Document Type: Review

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