Local and remote responses to opposite Ross Sea ice anomalies: A numerical experiment with the CPTEC/INPE AGCM

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 23-44

  Cunningham, Christopher A ^a   Bonatti, José Paulo ^a  

^a Center for Weather Forecast and Climate Studies (CPTEC)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; ICE COVER; NUMERICAL METHOD; PRESSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 80054099504     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-011-0407-y     Document Type: Article

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