On multidecadal variability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in the community climate system model version 3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5524-5544

  Danabasoglu, Gokhan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONTROL; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; MODEL STRUCTURES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITIES; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODELS; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; DENSITY ANOMALIES; FRESHWATER BUDGETS; HEAT TRANSPORTS; IN PHASE; LABRADOR SEAS; MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITIES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OSCILLATION AMPLITUDES; SEA SURFACE SALINITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUBPOLAR GYRES; TOTAL DENSITIES; WATER FORMATIONS; WIND STRESS CURLS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 56349117630     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2019.1     Document Type: Article

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