The climatic conditions that cause an advance or a retreat may be different for glaciers located in different climate regimes (see Chapter 4). (ipcc.ch)
Understanding the response of the El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) to global warming requires quantitative data on ENSO under different climate regimes. (science.sciencemag.org)
A vacillating global heat sink at intermediate ocean depths is associated with different climate regimes of surface warming under anthropogenic forcing: The latter part of the 20th century saw rapid global warming as more heat stayed near the surface. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)