A coupled dynamical ocean-energy balance atmosphere model for paleoclimate studies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-375

  Ritz, Stefan P ^a   Stocker, Thomas F ^a   Joos, Fortunat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Coupled models; Energy budget balance; Forcing; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; COUPLED MODELS; ENERGY BUDGET/BALANCE; FORCING; PALEOCLIMATES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BUDGET CONTROL; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; OCEANOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY BUDGET; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79851481338     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3351.1     Document Type: Article

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