Using the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) to improve the ocean circulation from a GCM 20th century simulation

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 969-981

  Melsom, Arne ^a   Lien, Vidar Suren ^b   Budgell, William Paul ^b,c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Model validation; Ocean modeling; Regional climate

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BARENTS SEA; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL MODELS; HIGH-RESOLUTION OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN MODELING; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; REGIONAL SCALE; SALTY WATER; SPACE AND TIME; VALIDATION RESULTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; NAVIGATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RAIN; SEA ICE;

SIMULATORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 71249154812     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0222-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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