Relations between northward ocean and atmosphere energy transports in a coupled climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 561-575

  Vellinga, Michael ^a   Wu, Peili ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERE ENERGY TRANSPORT; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; NET RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION;

EID: 40849113486     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1754.1     Document Type: Article

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