A new tool for evaluating the physics of coupled atmosphere-ocean variability in nature and in general circulation models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 907-923

  Roberts, William H G ^a,b   Battisti, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate models; El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERTURBATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79952247259     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0762-x     Document Type: Article

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