The new GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM2-LM2: Evaluation with prescribed SST simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4641-4673

  Anderson, Jeffrey L ^a   Balaji, V ^a   Broccoli, Anthony J ^a,b,c   Cooke, William F ^a,d   Delworth, Thomas L ^a   Dixon, Keith W ^a   Donner, Leo J ^a   Dunne, Krista A ^e   Freidenreich, Stuart M ^a   Garner, Stephen T ^a   Gudgel, Richard G ^a   Gordon, C T ^a   Held, Isaac M ^a   Hemler, Richard S ^a   Horowitz, Larry W ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a,f   Knutson, Thomas R ^a   Kushner, Paul J ^a,g   Langenhost, Amy R ^a,d   Lau, Ngar Cheung ^a   Liang, Zhi ^a,d   Malyshev, Sergey L ^a   Milly, P C D ^e   Nath, Mary J ^a   Ploshay, Jeffrey J ^a   Ramaswamy, V ^a   Schwarzkopf, M Daniel ^a   Shevliakova, Elena ^a   Sirutis, Joseph J ^a   Soden, Brian J ^a   Stern, William F ^a   Thompson, Lori A ^a,d   Wilson, R John ^a   Wittenberg, Andrew T ^a   Wyman, Bruce L ^a   more..

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RS Information Systems   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MULTISPECIES; STOMATAL RESISTANCE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 19944434306     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-3223.1     Document Type: Article

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