An evaluation of ENSO Asymmetry in the Community Climate System Models: A View from the Subsurface

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5933-5961

  Zhang, Tao ^a,b   Sun, De Zheng ^a,b   Neale, Richard ^c   Rasch, Philip J ^d  

^a University of Colorado ^*  (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECTS; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COMMON FACTORS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; DAMPING EFFECT; DEEP CONVECTION; EASTERN PACIFIC; ENHANCED CONVECTION; NONLINEAR DEPENDENCE; SST ANOMALIES; SUBSURFACE SIGNATURES; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; TWO PHASIS; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; MODEL STRUCTURES; NATURAL CONVECTION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; WIND STRESS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; LA NINA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMAL CONVECTION; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77649285546     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2933.1     Document Type: Article

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