Ocean circulation and tropical variability in the coupled model ECHAM5/MPI-OM

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 3952-3972

  Jungclaus, Johann H ^a   Keenlyside, Noel ^b   Botzet, Michael ^a   Haak, H ^a   Luo, J J ^c   Latif, Mojib ^b   Marotzke, J ^a   Mikolajewicz, U ^a   Roeckner, Erich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; WIND;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); MEAN OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL VARIABILITY; WIND ANOMALIES;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33645805222     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3827.1     Document Type: Article

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