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Mann and Schmidt 2003
Mann, M.E., and
, 2003: Ground vs. surface air temperature trends: Implications for borehole surface temperature reconstructions. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, no. 12, 1607, doi:10.1029/2003GL017170.We have analyzed the relationship between surface air temperature (SAT), ground surface temperature (GST), and snow cover (SNC) over the terrestrial Northern Hemisphere based on general circulation model (GCM) simulations using GISS ModelE forced with the observed SST and radiative forcing changes from 1951-1998. While SAT is the dominant influence on GST during the warm-season, it explains only half of the variance in GST during the cold-season, with SNC and pre-conditioning by prior warm-season SAT also exhibiting a sizeable and, in places, dominant influence. During a period of coincident surface warming and cold-season snowcover decrease in the model (1971-1998), mean GST increases are 0.2°C less than those in SAT, a consequence of greater exposure of the ground surface to winter cold air outbreaks. Interpretations of past SAT trends from borehole-based GST reconstructions may therefore be substantially biased by seasonal influences and snow cover changes.
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@article{ma04400m, author={Mann, M. E. and Schmidt, G. A.}, title={Ground vs. surface air temperature trends: Implications for borehole surface temperature reconstructions}, year={2003}, journal={Geophysical Research Letters}, volume={30}, number={12}, pages={1607}, doi={10.1029/2003GL017170}, }
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TY - JOUR ID - ma04400m AU - Mann, M. E. AU - Schmidt, G. A. PY - 2003 TI - Ground vs. surface air temperature trends: Implications for borehole surface temperature reconstructions JA - Geophys. Res. Lett. JO - Geophysical Research Letters VL - 30 IS - 12 SP - 1607 DO - 10.1029/2003GL017170 ER -
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