An enhancement of low-frequency variability in the Kuroshio-Oyashio extension in CCSM3 owing to ocean model biases

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6221-6233

  Thompson, Luanne ^a   Kwon, Young Oh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; GEOSTROPHIC SURFACE CURRENTS; INTERANNUAL; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODEL; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; SALINITY FIELDS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC);

EID: 78650531069     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3402.1     Document Type: Article

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