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Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere

  1. B. D. Santer1,*,
  2. P. W. Thorne2,
  3. L. Haimberger3,
  4. K. E. Taylor1,
  5. T. M. L. Wigley4,
  6. J. R. Lanzante5,
  7. S. Solomon6,
  8. M. Free7,
  9. P. J. Gleckler1,
  10. P. D. Jones8,
  11. T. R. Karl9,
  12. S. A. Klein1,
  13. C. Mears10,
  14. D. Nychka4,
  15. G. A. Schmidt11,
  16. S. C. Sherwood12,
  17. F. J. Wentz10

Article first published online: 10 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1002/joc.1756

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International Journal of Climatology

International Journal of Climatology

Volume 28, Issue 13, pages 1703–1722, 15 November 2008

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Santer, B. D., Thorne, P. W., Haimberger, L., Taylor, K. E., Wigley, T. M. L., Lanzante, J. R., Solomon, S., Free, M., Gleckler, P. J., Jones, P. D., Karl, T. R., Klein, S. A., Mears, C., Nychka, D., Schmidt, G. A., Sherwood, S. C. and Wentz, F. J. (2008), Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere. Int. J. Climatol., 28: 1703–1722. doi: 10.1002/joc.1756

Author Information

  1. 1

    Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA

  2. 2

    U.K. Meteorological Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK

  3. 3

    Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, A-1090, Vienna, Austria

  4. 4

    National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA

  5. 5

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08542, USA

  6. 6

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, Boulder, CO 80305, USA

  7. 7

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Air Resources Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA

  8. 8

    Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK

  9. 9

    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC 28801, USA

  10. 10

    Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA 95401, USA

  11. 11

    NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY 10025, USA

  12. 12

    Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

*Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 OCT 2008
  2. Article first published online: 10 OCT 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 20 JUL 2008
  4. Manuscript Revised: 18 JUL 2008
  5. Manuscript Received: 25 MAR 2008

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