The impact of a bottom boundary layer scheme on the North Atlantic Ocean in a global coupled climate model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 202-217

  Tang, Yong Ming ^a,b   Roberts, Malcolm J ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER SCHEME; CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL OCEAN NUMERICAL MODELS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE MODELING; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 16344370283     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-2671.1     Document Type: Article

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