Extratropical atmosphere-ocean variability in CCSM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2496-2525

  Alexander, Michael ^a   Yin, Jeffrey ^b   Branstator, Grant ^b   Capotondi, Antonietta ^a   Cassou, Christophe ^c   Cullather, Richard ^d   Kwon, Young Oh ^b   Norris, Joel ^e   Scott, James ^a   Wainer, Ilana ^f  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c CERFACS   (France)

^d Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; SEA ICE; STORMS; WIND STRESS;

COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL VERSION 3 (CCSM3); EXTRATROPICAL ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIXED LAYER; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745105638     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3743.1     Document Type: Article

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