Climate sensitivity of moderate- and low-resolution versions of CCSM3 to preindustrial forcings

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2567-2583

  Otto Bliesner, Bette L ^a   Tomas, Robert ^a   Brady, Esther C ^a   Ammann, Caspar ^a   Kothavala, Zav ^a   Clauzet, Gabriel ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GASES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE;

CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL VERSION 3 (CCSM3); PREINDUSTRIAL (PI) SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; SIMULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33745102001     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3754.1     Document Type: Article

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