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Title: Climate Science: Tropical Expansion by Ocean Swing

Abstract

The tropical belt has become wider over the past decades, but climate models fall short of capturing the full rate of the expansion. The latest analysis of the climate simulations suggests that a long-term swing of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation is the main missing cause.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1132210
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-101316
KP1703010
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Nature Geoscience, 7(4):250-251
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nature Geoscience, 7(4):250-251
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
ocean swings; tropical expansion; climate zone

Citation Formats

Lu, Jian. Climate Science: Tropical Expansion by Ocean Swing. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1038/ngeo2124.
Lu, Jian. Climate Science: Tropical Expansion by Ocean Swing. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2124
Lu, Jian. 2014. "Climate Science: Tropical Expansion by Ocean Swing". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2124.
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title = {Climate Science: Tropical Expansion by Ocean Swing},
author = {Lu, Jian},
abstractNote = {The tropical belt has become wider over the past decades, but climate models fall short of capturing the full rate of the expansion. The latest analysis of the climate simulations suggests that a long-term swing of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation is the main missing cause.},
doi = {10.1038/ngeo2124},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1132210}, journal = {Nature Geoscience, 7(4):250-251},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}