Responses of the Kuroshio and the Kuroshio extension to global warming in a high-resolution climate model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Sakamoto, Takashi T ^a   Hasumi, Hiroyasu ^b   Ishii, Masayoshi ^a   Emori, Seita ^a,c   Suzuki, Tatsuo ^a   Nishimura, Teruyuki ^a   Sumi, Akimasa ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

HIGH RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODEL; KUROSHIO EXTENSION (KE);

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; OCEANIC CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 25444434701     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023384     Document Type: Article

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