Surface ocean fluxes and water-mass transformation rates in the coupled NCAR climate system model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1420-1441

  Doney, Scott C ^a   Large, William G ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA FLUX; COUPLED GCM; UNCOUPLED OCEAN MODEL;

EID: 0031663907     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1420:SOFAWM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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