SST-forced and internal variability of the atmosphere in an ensemble GCM simulation

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-62

  Matsumura, Shinji ^a   Huang, Gang ^b   Xie, Shang Ping ^c   Yamazaki, Koji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77950456042     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2010-104     Document Type: Article

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