Annual cycle of global ocean heat content: Observed and simulated

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Gleckler, P J ^a   Sperber, K R ^a   AchutaRao, K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT BUDGET; SIMULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 33751095104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003223     Document Type: Article

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