Southern hemisphere jet variability in the ipsl gcm at varying resolutions

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3788-3799

  Arakelian, Ara ^a   Francis, Codron ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Annular mode; Climate variability; General circulation models; Jets; Model evaluation performance; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR MODE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL EVALUATION; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; JETS;

DYNAMICS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; JET; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84871954647     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0119.1     Document Type: Article

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