Influence of oceanic boundary conditions in simulations of antarctic climate and surface mass balance change during the coming century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 938-962

  Krinner, Gerhard ^a   Guicherd, Bérangère ^a   Ox, Katia ^a   Genthon, Christophe ^a   Magand, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ICE SHEET MASS BALANCE; SEA SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SURFACE MASS BALANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EUSTACY; ICE SHEET; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MASS BALANCE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 44349171845     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1690.1     Document Type: Article

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