Sea-ice in twentieth-century simulations by new MIROC coupled models: A comparison between models with high resolution and with ice thickness distribution

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue A, 2012, Pages 213-232

  Komuro, Yoshiki ^a   Suzuki, Tatsuo ^a   Sakamoto, Takashi T ^a   Hasumi, Hiroyasu ^b   Ishii, Masayoshi ^a,c   Watanabe, Masahiro ^b   Nozawa, Toru ^d   Yokohata, Tokuta ^d   Nishimura, Teruyuki ^a   Ogochi, Koji ^a   Emori, Seita ^a,b,d   Kimoto, Masahide ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT BUDGET; HINDCASTING; ICE THICKNESS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EID: 84864194930     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A11     Document Type: Article

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