An Intermediate Complexity Climate Model (ICCMp1) based on the GFDL flexible modelling system

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 73-88

  Farneti, R ^a   Vallis, G K ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; COMPUTATIONAL EXPENSE; GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; INTERMEDIATE COMPLEXITY; NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITIES; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPLEXITY;

EID: 70350646370     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-2-73-2009     Document Type: Article

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