Contribution of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation to twentieth-century global surface temperature trends

• Published in: Nature climate change Vol. 6; no. 11; pp. 1005 - 1008
• Main Authors: Meehl, Gerald A., Hu, Aixue, Santer, Benjamin D., Xie, Shang-Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.11.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 20th century; 704/106/35; 704/106/694; Climate Change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climate prediction; Environment; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Global temperatures; letter; Surface temperature; Temperature; Time series; Trends; Volcanic eruptions; United States > US; California; I, Pacific

Natural multidecadal climate variability contributes to global mean surface temperature trends. This study quantifies those from the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation, finding that the largest contributions are during the positive phase, which accelerates warming. Longer-term externally forced trends...