Specification of regional sea surface temperatures in atmospheric general circulation model simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D8, 1998, Pages 8901-8907

  Kumar, Arun ^a,b   Hoerling, Martin P ^b,c  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CIRCULATION; GCM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032571698     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD00427     Document Type: Article

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