Simulation of the tropical oceans with an ocean GCM coupled to an atmospheric mixed-layer model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1795-1815

  Murtugudde, Ragu ^a   Seager, Richard ^b   Busalacchi, Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MIXED LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MIXED-LAYER MODEL; MODEL; OCEANIC GCM; OGCM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE HEAT FLUX; TROPICS;

EID: 0030485662     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1795:SOTTOW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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