Simulation of present-day and twenty-first-century energy budgets of the southern oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 440-454

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Fasullo, John T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC EDDY; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOUD COVER; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY ERROR; HIGH LATITUDES; POLEWARD SHIFT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STORM TRACK; SURFACE REFLECTIVITY;

BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; ERRORS; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; STORMS; SUN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; ENERGY BUDGET; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 77949340634     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3152.1     Document Type: Article

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