Mechanisms of ocean heat uptake in a coupled climate model and the implications for tracer based predictions of ocean heat uptake

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Banks, Helene T ^a   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC FORCING HEAT; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; TEMPERATURE TRACER; TRACERS DISTRIBUTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; DEEP WATER VENTILATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER MASS;

EID: 33646851603     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025352     Document Type: Article

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