Decadal variability in an idealized ocean model and its sensitivity to surface boundary conditions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1072-1093

  Capotondi, A ^a,b   Holland, W R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCULATION MODELLING; DECADAL VARIABILITY; SENSITIVITY;

EID: 0031450553     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1072:DVIAIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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