The global warming hiatus: Slowdown or redistribution?

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 472-482

  Yan, Xiao Hai ^a   Boyer, Tim ^b   Trenberth, Kevin ^c   Karl, Thomas R ^d   Xie, Shang Ping ^e   Nieves, Veronica ^f,g   Tung, Ka Kit ^h   Roemmich, Dean ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Independent Consultant   (United States)

^e San Diego   (United States)

^f Los Angeles   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming hiatus; Heat energy; Ocean monitoring

Indexed keywords

ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT BUDGET; HIATUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85005765087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016EF000417     Document Type: Review

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