Ocean heat transport and its relationship to ocean circulation in the CMIP coupled models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 153-174

  Jia, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE VARIATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 0037273043     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0261-9     Document Type: Article

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