Rôle of the oceanic heat transport in climate dynamics a sensitivity study with an atmospheric general circulation model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 371-387

  Cohen Solal, Emmanuelle ^a   Le Treut, Hervé ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE DYNAMICS; GCM; HEAT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030764723     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i3.14676     Document Type: Article

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