Impact of resolving the diurnal cycle in an ocean-atmosphere GCM. Part 2: A diurnally coupled CGCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 909-925

  Bernie, Dan J ^a,b   Guilyardi, E ^a   Madec, G ^c   Slingo, J M ^b   Woolnough, S J ^b   Cole, J ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; UPPER OCEAN; WARMING; ZONAL WIND;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 54949101150     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0429-z     Document Type: Article

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