The effect of Arabian Sea optical properties on SST biases and the South Asian summer monsoon in a coupled GCM

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 811-826

  Turner, A G ^a   Joshi, M ^a   Robertson, E S ^a   Woolnough, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Chlorophyll; Mixed layer; Model bias; Monsoon; South Asia

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CHLOROPHYLL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SEAWIFS; SUMMER;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84864381542     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1254-3     Document Type: Article

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