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Santer et al. 2005

Santer, B.D., T.M.L. Wigley, C. Mears, F.J. Wentz, S.A. Klein, D.J. Seidel, K.E. Taylor, P.W. Thorne, M.F. Wehner, P.J. Gleckler, J.S. Boyle, W.D. Collins, K.W. Dixon, C. Doutriaux, M. Free, Q. Fu, J.E. Hansen, G.S. Jones, R. Ruedy, T.R. Karl, J.R. Lanzante, G.A. Meehl, V. Ramaswamy, G. Russell, and G.A. Schmidt, 2005: Amplification of surface temperature trends and variability in the tropical atmosphere. Science, 309, 1551-1556, doi:10.1126/science.1114867.

The month-to-month variability of tropical temperatures is larger in the troposphere than at the Earth's surface. This amplification behavior is similar in a range of observations and climate model simulations, and is consistent with basic theory. On multi-decadal timescales, tropospheric amplification of surface warming is a robust feature of model simulations, but occurs in only one observational dataset. Other observations show weak or even negative amplification. These results suggest that either different physical mechanisms control amplification processes on monthly and decadal timescales, and models fail to capture such behavior, or (more plausibly) that residual errors in several observational datasets used here affect their representation of long-term trends.

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@article{sa04100j,
  author={Santer, B. D. and Wigley, T. M. L. and Mears, C. and Wentz, F. J. and Klein, S. A. and Seidel, D. J. and Taylor, K. E. and Thorne, P. W. and Wehner, M. F. and Gleckler, P. J. and Boyle, J. S. and Collins, W. D. and Dixon, K. W. and Doutriaux, C. and Free, M. and Fu, Q. and Hansen, J. E. and Jones, G. S. and Ruedy, R. and Karl, T. R. and Lanzante, J. R. and Meehl, G. A. and Ramaswamy, V. and Russell, G. and Schmidt, G. A.},
  title={Amplification of surface temperature trends and variability in the tropical atmosphere},
  year={2005},
  journal={Science},
  volume={309},
  pages={1551--1556},
  doi={10.1126/science.1114867},
}

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RIS Citation

TY  - JOUR
ID  - sa04100j
AU  - Santer, B. D.
AU  - Wigley, T. M. L.
AU  - Mears, C.
AU  - Wentz, F. J.
AU  - Klein, S. A.
AU  - Seidel, D. J.
AU  - Taylor, K. E.
AU  - Thorne, P. W.
AU  - Wehner, M. F.
AU  - Gleckler, P. J.
AU  - Boyle, J. S.
AU  - Collins, W. D.
AU  - Dixon, K. W.
AU  - Doutriaux, C.
AU  - Free, M.
AU  - Fu, Q.
AU  - Hansen, J. E.
AU  - Jones, G. S.
AU  - Ruedy, R.
AU  - Karl, T. R.
AU  - Lanzante, J. R.
AU  - Meehl, G. A.
AU  - Ramaswamy, V.
AU  - Russell, G.
AU  - Schmidt, G. A.
PY  - 2005
TI  - Amplification of surface temperature trends and variability in the tropical atmosphere
JA  - Science
JO  - Science
VL  - 309
SP  - 1551
EP  - 1556
DO  - 10.1126/science.1114867
ER  -

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