Understanding the ENSO-CO2 link using stabilized climate simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7917-7936

  Stevenson, Samantha ^a   Fox Kemper, Baylor ^a   Jochum, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate variability; ENSO; General circulation models; Ocean circulation; Tropical variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEAN CIRCULATION; TROPICAL VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMMERCE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WIND STRESS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

EID: 84866716583     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00546.1     Document Type: Article

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