A numerical study on the atmospheric circulation over the midlatitude North Pacific during the last glacial maximum

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-151

  Yanase, Wataru ^a   Abe Ouchi, Ayako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN LOW; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CO2 CONCENTRATION; COMMON FEATURES; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DIABATIC HEATING; DOMINANT FACTOR; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MIDLATITUDES; MOMENTUM TRANSPORTS; NORTH PACIFIC; NUMERICAL STUDIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SLAB OCEAN; STORM TRACK; SURFACE HEAT BALANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMAL FEEDBACK; TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; METEOROLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT BALANCE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77949338367     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3148.1     Document Type: Article

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