North Atlantic subtropical mode waters and ocean memory in HadCM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1126-1148

  Old, Chris ^a   Haines, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; TROPICS;

AIR-SEA HEAT FLUXES; OCEAN MEMORY; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATER; TROPICAL-SUBTROPICAL WATER MASS EXCHANGE MECHANISM;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; GYRE; HEAT FLUX; MODE WATER; OCEAN BASIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33646361562     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3650.1     Document Type: Article

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