Convection parameterization, tropical pacific double ITCZ, and upper-ocean biases in the NCAR CCSM3. Part II: Coupled feedback and the role of ocean heat transport

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 800-812

  Zhang, Guang J ^a   Song, Xiaoliang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; CONVECTION PARAMETERIZATION; COUPLED INTERACTION; FULLY-COUPLED; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLAB OCEAN MODELS; STAND -ALONE; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES; SURFACE WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FABRICS; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MODEL STRUCTURES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77952258150     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3109.1     Document Type: Article

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