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physics.ao-ph2026
Radiative and Dynamical Controls on the Land-Ocean Warming Contrast in Climate Models
Paolo Giani, Arlene M. Fiore, Raffaele Ferrari +3
Surface air over land warms substantially more than over the ocean under greenhouse forcing, a phenomenon known as the land-ocean warming contrast. Current explanations for this co…
physics.ao-ph2024
Origin and Limits of Invariant Warming Patterns in Climate Models
Paolo Giani, Arlene M. Fiore, Glenn Flierl +2
Climate models exhibit an approximately invariant surface warming pattern in typical end-of-century projections. This observation has been used extensively in climate impact assess…