Can oceanic reanalyses be used to assess recent anthropogenic changes and low-frequency internal variability of upper ocean temperature?

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 877-896

  Corre, L ^a   Terray, L ^a   Balmaseda, M ^b   Ribes, A ^c   Weaver, A ^a  

^a CERFACS   (France)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic climate change; Internal variability; Observations; Oceanic reanalyses; Upper ocean temperature

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLOW; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THERMOCLINE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84857444273     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0950-8     Document Type: Article

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