Modulations of climate variability on global and Southern Ocean changes ...
The historical global surface temperature (GST) exhibits staircase-like evolutions with both accelerated warming periods and warming slowdown periods. The rate of GST change slowed down during 2003-2012, relative to the warming acceleration in the late 20th century and is termed as the global warmin...
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| Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Delaware
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.58088/464a-n959 https://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/29354 |
| Summary: | The historical global surface temperature (GST) exhibits staircase-like evolutions with both accelerated warming periods and warming slowdown periods. The rate of GST change slowed down during 2003-2012, relative to the warming acceleration in the late 20th century and is termed as the global warming slowdown period. Since 1850, other global warming slowdown periods have also been identified. The proposed explanations for this warming slowdown can be understood as whether it is caused by the external forcing (e.g. the increased volcano activities, the increased aerosols and decreased water vapor concentration) or it is due to the internal variability from the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, or the Atlantic Ocean. This study reviews the observed historical records, previous analysis, and offers interpretations of coupled climate model experiments, reconciles the proposed mechanisms and quantifies their relevant contributions to the GST evolution. ☐ The first section of this study focuses on the surface ... |
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