Climate impacts of systematic errors in the simulation of the path of the North Atlantic Current

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Weese, Scott R ^a   Bryan, Frank O ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PHENOMENA; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENTS; SURFACE HEAT FLUX;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ERROR CORRECTION; HEAT FLUX; SALINITY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA; NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 34047236977     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027669     Document Type: Article

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