Interhemispheric asymmetry in transient global warming: The role of Drake Passage

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Hutchinson, David, England, Matthew Heathcote, Santoso, A., Hogg, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union
• Subjects: Keywords: Antarctic circumpolar current; Antarctic Circumpolar Currents; asymmetry; Northern hemisphere; Ocean heat transport; Sea surface temperature (SST); Southern Hemisphere; Surface air temperatures; Carbon dioxide; Climate models; Global warming; Greenhouse g Antarctic Circumpolar Current; sea surface temperature; Antarctic; Drake Passage; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77577; https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50341; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/77577/5/f5625xPUB64122013.pdf.jpg; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/77577/7/01_Hutchinson_Interhemispheric_asymmetry_in_2013.pdf.jpg

Climate models predict that the Northern Hemisphere (NH) will warm faster than the Southern Hemisphere (SH) in response to increasing greenhouse gases, and observations show that this trend has already begun to occur. This interhemispheric asymmetry has l