Coupled ocean-atmosphere climate simulations compared with simulations using prescribed sea surface temperature: Effect of a "perfect ocean"

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Covey, Curt ^a   Achutarao, Krishna M ^a   Gleckler, Peter J ^a   Phillips, Thomas J ^a   Taylor, Karl E ^a   Wehner, Michael F ^a,b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMIP; CMIP; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1242299663     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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