The effect of the sea ice freshwater flux on Southern Ocean temperatures in CCSM3: Deep-ocean warming and delayed surface warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2224-2237

  Kirkman, Clark H ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Fluxes; Freshwater; Sea ice; Southern Ocean; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER FLUXES; FRESHWATER INPUTS; FRESHWATER SOURCES; HEAT TRANSPORT; ICE EDGE; LARGE PARTS; MIXED LAYER; OCEAN CONVECTION; SALT FLUX; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE WARMING;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DEEP WATER; ENTRAINMENT; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA ICE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79958165486     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3625.1     Document Type: Article

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