The role of atmosphere feedbacks during ENSO in the CMIP3 models

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 170-176

  Lloyd, James ^a   Guilyardi, Eric ^b,c   Weller, Hilary ^a   Slingo, Julia ^a,d  

^a NCAS Climate   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere feedbacks; CMIP3 GCMs; ENSO

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

EID: 77649316720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.227     Document Type: Article

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