Sensitivity of the tropical Pacific seasonal cycle and ENSO to changes in mean state induced by a surface heat flux adjustment in CCSM3

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 325-341

  Pan, Xiaohua ^a,b,c,d   Huang, Bohua ^a,b   Shukla, Jagadish ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CCSM3; ENSO; Heat flux adjustment; Mean climate; Pacific Ocean; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; HINDCASTING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE FLUX; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79959782260     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0923-y     Document Type: Article

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