How well do coupled models replicate ocean energetics relevant to ENSO?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2147-2158

  Brown, Jaclyn N ^a,b   Fedorov, Alexey V ^a   Guilyardi, Eric ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coupled modeling; Energetics; ENSO; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BUOYANCY FORCING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGETICS; ENERGY FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENT DIFFUSION;

EID: 79957827195     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0926-8     Document Type: Article

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