Surface energy balance errors in AGCMs: Implications for ocean-atmosphere model coupling

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Glecker, P J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WATERS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (AGCM); OCEANIC POLEWARD HEAT TRANSPORT; SATELLITE-DERIVED OBSERVATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX;

EID: 25844475880     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023061     Document Type: Article

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