A prototype two-decade fully-coupled fine-resolution CCSM simulation

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 10-30

  McClean, Julie L ^a,b   Bader, David C ^b,c   Bryan, Frank O ^d   Maltrud, Mathew E ^e   Dennis, John M ^d   Mirin, Arthur A ^b   Jones, Philip W ^e   Kim, Yoo Yin ^a   Ivanova, Detelina P ^b   Vertenstein, Mariana ^d   Boyle, James S ^b   Jacob, Robert L ^f   Norton, Nancy ^d   Craig, Anthony ^d   Worley, Patrick H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Numerical modeling; Ocean circulation; Ocean eddies; Tropical cyclones

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN EDDIES; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; HURRICANES; STORMS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MIXED LAYER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLAR VORTEX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79960271335     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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