Ocean water clarity and the ocean general circulation in a coupled climate model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 314-332

  Gnanadesikan, Anand ^a   Anderson, Whit G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; GENERAL CIRCULATION; HADLEY CELLS; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN WATER; OXYGEN MINIMUM ZONE; POLAR REGIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; SUBTROPICAL WATER; WALKER CIRCULATION; WATER COLUMNS; WIND DRIVEN UPWELLING;

OCEAN ENGINEERING; OXYGEN; TROPICS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY CURRENT; CLIMATE MODELING; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; UPWELLING; WALKER CIRCULATION; WATER COLUMN; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 65649096590     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3935.1     Document Type: Article

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