dc.contributor.author | Santer, Benjamin D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Solomon, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Zelinka, Mark D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Painter, Jeffrey F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Beltran, Francisco | |
dc.contributor.author | Fyfe, John C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Johannesson, Gardar | |
dc.contributor.author | Mears, Carl A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Vernier, Jean-Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Wentz, Frank J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ridley, David Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Bonfils, Celine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-29T15:29:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-29T15:29:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2014-10 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 00948276 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97920 | |
dc.description.abstract | The relatively muted warming of the surface and lower troposphere since 1998 has attracted considerable attention. One contributory factor to this “warming hiatus” is an increase in volcanically induced cooling over the early 21st century. Here we identify the signals of late 20th and early 21st century volcanic activity in multiple observed climate variables. Volcanic signals are statistically discernible in spatial averages of tropical and near-global SST, tropospheric temperature, net clear-sky short-wave radiation, and atmospheric water vapor. Signals of late 20th and early 21st century volcanic eruptions are also detectable in near-global averages of rainfall. In tropical average rainfall, however, only a Pinatubo-caused drying signal is identifiable. Successful volcanic signal detection is critically dependent on removal of variability induced by the El Nino–Southern Oscillation. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant AGS-1342810) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | American Geophysical Union (AGU) | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062366 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | Other univ. web domain | en_US |
dc.title | Observed multivariable signals of late 20th and early 21st century volcanic activity | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Santer, Benjamin D., Susan Solomon, Celine Bonfils, Mark D. Zelinka, Jeffrey F. Painter, Francisco Beltran, John C. Fyfe, et al. “Observed Multivariable Signals of Late 20th and Early 21st Century Volcanic Activity.” Geophysical Research Letters 42, no. 2 (January 20, 2015): 500–509. © 2014 American Geophysical Union | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Solomon, Susan | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Ridley, David Andrew | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Geophysical Research Letters | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Santer, Benjamin D.; Solomon, Susan; Bonfils, Celine; Zelinka, Mark D.; Painter, Jeffrey F.; Beltran, Francisco; Fyfe, John C.; Johannesson, Gardar; Mears, Carl; Ridley, David A.; Vernier, Jean-Paul; Wentz, Frank J. | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3890-0197 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-7581 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |