Climate sensitivity to changes in ocean heat transport

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 5015-5030

  Barreiro, Marcelo ^a   Cherchi, Annalisa ^b   Masina, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate models; Climate variability; Cloud cover; Feedback

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE WARMS; CLOUD COVER; COLD STATE; MODEL DESIGN; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SLAB OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; SOLAR RADIATION; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATUS;

EID: 80055033612     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-10-05029.1     Document Type: Article

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