North Indian Ocean warming and sea level rise in an OGCM

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-178

  Thompson, Bijoy ^a   Gnanaseelan, C ^a   Parekh, Anant ^a   Salvekar, P S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric sciences; Climate; Indian Ocean; Modelling; MOM4p0; Ocean model; Ocean warming; Oceanography; Seal level anomaly

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 43149105198     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-008-0007-0     Document Type: Article

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