On the mechanism of Pacific multidecadal climate variability in CCSM3: The role of the subpolar North Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2052-2076

  Zhong, Yafang ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLOSED LOOPS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; EXTRATROPICAL; GROWTH MECHANISMS; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; OCEANIC CIRCULATIONS; OCEANIC TEMPERATURE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; MODEL STRUCTURES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TROPICS;

FEEDBACK;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TIMESCALE; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND FORCING;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 74049152568     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4097.1     Document Type: Article

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