Simulating present climate of the global ocean-ice system using the Meteorological Research Institute Community Ocean Model (MRI.COM): Simulation characteristics and variability in the Pacific sector

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-479

  Tsujino, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirabara, Mikitoshi ^a   Nakano, Hideyuki ^a   Yasuda, Tamaki ^a   Motoi, Tatsuo ^b   Yamanaka, Goro ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

COREs; OGCM; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80052025069     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0050-3     Document Type: Article

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