The Southern Ocean response to global warming in the CSIRO coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-241

  Hirst, Anthony C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coupled model; Global warming; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0032989207     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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