North Pacific decadal variability in the community climate system model version 2

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2416-2433

  Kwon, Young Oh ^a,b   Deser, Clara ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND STRESS;

CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DECADAL VARIABILITY; ROSSBY WAVE MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); WIND STRESS CURL FORCING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT FLUX; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34250827850     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4103.1     Document Type: Article

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