Variability of the ocean heat content during the last millennium - An assessment with the ECHO-g Model

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 547-565

  Ortega, P ^a   Montoya, M ^a,b   Gonzalez Rouco F ^a,b   Beltrami, H ^c   Swingedouw, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84874682583     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-547-2013     Document Type: Article

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