Decadal modulation of global surface temperature by internal climate variability

• DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2605
• Publication Date: 2015-04-07T15:42:17Z
• Authors: Aiguo Dai; John C. Fyfe; Shang-Ping Xie; Xingang Dai
• Keywords: 13. Climate action; 0207 environmental engineering; 02 engineering and technology

This study investigates global surface temperature data since 1920, and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation is found to be largely responsible for temperature fluctuations, exhibiting different spatial patterns to anthropogenic temperature drivers.