The initialization of the MIROC climate models with hydrographic data assimilation for decadal prediction

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue A, 2012, Pages 275-294

  Tatebe, Hiroaki ^a   Ishii, Masayoshi ^a,b   Mochizuki, Takashi ^a   Chikamoto, Yoshimitsu ^c   Sakamoto, Takashi T ^a   Komuro, Yoshiki ^a   Mori, Masato ^c   Yasunaka, Sayaka ^d   Watanabe, Masahiro ^c   Ogochi, Koji ^a   Suzuki, Tatsuo ^a   Nishimura, Teruyuki ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^c  

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

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84864259213     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-A14     Document Type: Article

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