Attribution and impacts of upper-ocean biases in CCSM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2325-2346

  Large, W G ^a   Danabasoglu, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; SALINE WATER; WIND;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL CYCLE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPPER OCEAN;

EID: 33745096202     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3740.1     Document Type: Article

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