scholarly journals Comment on “Estimated solar contribution to the global surface warming using the ACRIM TSI satellite composite” by N. Scafetta and B. J. West

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (15) ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith L. Lean
Keyword(s):  
Surface Warming ◽  
Global Surface

scholarly journals Attribution of global surface warming without dynamical models

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (18) ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a ◽  
Author(s):  
Dáithí A. Stone ◽  
M. R. Allen
Keyword(s):  
Dynamical Models ◽  
Surface Warming ◽  
Global Surface

Possible artifacts of data biases in the recent global surface warming hiatus

Science ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 348 (6242) ◽  
pp. 1469-1472 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. R. Karl ◽  
A. Arguez ◽  
B. Huang ◽  
J. H. Lawrimore ◽  
J. R. McMahon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Warming ◽  
Warming Hiatus ◽  
Global Surface

Role of volcanic and anthropogenic aerosols in the recent global surface warming slowdown

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (10) ◽  
pp. 936-940 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug M. Smith ◽  
Ben B. B. Booth ◽  
Nick J. Dunstone ◽  
Rosie Eade ◽  
Leon Hermanson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Aerosols ◽  
Surface Warming ◽  
Global Surface

scholarly journals Dependence of Climate Response on Meridional Structure of External Thermal Forcing

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (14) ◽  
pp. 5593-5600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah M. Kang ◽  
Shang-Ping Xie
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Layer ◽  
Atmospheric Stability ◽  
Atmospheric Model ◽  
Thermal Forcing ◽  
Surface Warming ◽  
Mixed Layer Ocean ◽  
Radiative Feedbacks ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
The Given ◽  
Global Surface

Abstract This study shows that the magnitude of global surface warming greatly depends on the meridional distribution of surface thermal forcing. An atmospheric model coupled to an aquaplanet slab mixed layer ocean is perturbed by prescribing heating to the ocean mixed layer. The heating is distributed uniformly globally or confined to narrow tropical or polar bands, and the amplitude is adjusted to ensure that the global mean remains the same for all cases. Since the tropical temperature is close to a moist adiabat, the prescribed heating leads to a maximized warming near the tropopause, whereas the polar warming is trapped near the surface because of strong atmospheric stability. Hence, the surface warming is more effectively damped by radiation in the tropics than in the polar region. As a result, the global surface temperature increase is weak (strong) when the given amount of heating is confined to the tropical (polar) band. The degree of this contrast is shown to depend on water vapor– and cloud–radiative feedbacks that alter the effective strength of prescribed thermal forcing.

scholarly journals Enhanced Decadal Warming of the Southeast Indian Ocean During the Recent Global Surface Warming Slowdown

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (19) ◽  
pp. 9876-9884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanlong Li ◽  
Weiqing Han ◽  
Lei Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Surface Warming ◽  
Global Surface
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