Impact of atmospheric CO2 doubling on the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lee, Hyun Chul ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b High Performance Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CO; CORE LAYERS; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HEAT TRANSPORT; INTERANNUAL; KUROSHIO; NORTH PACIFIC; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; WINTER MONSOON;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MODE WATER; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 66949112177     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037075     Document Type: Article

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