Atmospheric response to different sea surface temperatures in the Baltic Sea: Coupled versus uncoupled regional climate model experiments

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 2005, Pages 397-409

  Kjellstrsdom, Erik ^a   Döscher, Ralf ^a   Meier, H E Markus ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean coupling; Baltic Sea; Climate change; NAO index; Regional climate modelling; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEAWATER;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 29044434049     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2005.0030     Document Type: Article

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