Sensitivity of the North Atlantic to surface forcing in an ocean general circulation model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1129-1141

  Wadley, Martin R ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^a   Stevens, David P ^a   Johnson, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE MODEL; OCEAN GCM; OGCM; SENSITIVITY; SURFACE FORCING;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030463024     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1129:SOTNAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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