Different transient climate responses of two versions of an atmosphere-ocean coupled general circulation model

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Yokohata, Tokuta ^a   Emori, S ^a,b,c   Nozawa, T ^a   Ogura, T ^a   Okada, N ^a   Suzuki, T ^b   Tsushima, Y ^b   Kawamiya, M ^b   Abe Ouchi, A ^b,c   Hasumi, H ^c   Sumi, A ^c   Kimoto, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EQUILIBRIUM CLIMATE SENSITIVITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA ICE;

EID: 34548043978     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027966     Document Type: Article

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