The Effects of Ocean Heat Uptake on Transient Climate Sensitivity

Current Climate Change Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 190-201

  Rose, Brian E J ^a   Rayborn, Lance ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate sensitivity; Clouds; Efficacy; Feedback; Lower tropospheric stability; Ocean heat uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992354993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21986061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40641-016-0048-4     Document Type: Review

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