The correctness to the spuriously simulated semi-annual cycle of the sea surface temperature in the equatorial eastern Pacific

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 438-444

  Song, Zhen Ya ^a   Qiao, Fang Li ^a   Wang, Chun Zai ^b  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CGCMs; SST seasonal cycle; The eastern Pacific; The wave induced mixing

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CGCMS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COLD PHASIS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; COUPLED THEORY; EASTERN PACIFIC; HEAT BUDGET ANALYSIS; MARINE SCIENCE; NUMERICAL MODELING; OCEAN MODEL; OCEAN SURFACES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL CYCLE; SPECTRAL MODELS; SST SEASONAL CYCLE; THE EASTERN PACIFIC; THE WAVE-INDUCED MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING; WAVE NUMBERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; SURFACE WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT BUDGET; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 79952359380     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4176-3     Document Type: Article

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