An intercomparison between the surface heat flux feedback in five coupled models, COADS and the NCEP reanalysis

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-388

  Frankignoul, C ^a   Kestenare, E ^a   Botzet, M ^b   Carril, A F ^c   Drange, H ^d   Pardaens, A ^e   Terray, L ^f   Sutton, R ^g  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c Ist Naz di Geofis e Volcanologia   (Italy)

^d NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^e MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^f CERFACS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2342435625     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0388-3     Document Type: Article

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