Effects of solar irradiance forcing on the ocean circulation and sea-ice in the North Atlantic in an isopycnic coordinate ocean general circulation model

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-166

  Otterå, Odd Helge ^a,b   Drange, Helge ^a,b,c  

^a NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ORBITAL FORCING; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1642569688     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2004.00046.x     Document Type: Article

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