Diurnal coupling in the tropical oceans of CCSM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2347-2365

  Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^a   Large, William G ^a   Tribbia, Joseph J ^a   Gent, Peter R ^a   Briegleb, Bruce P ^a   McWilliams, James C ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION;

AIR-SEA COUPLING; DIURNAL CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR FORCING; TROPICAL OCEANS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745078278     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3739.1     Document Type: Article

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