Multi-centennial variability controlled by Southern Ocean convection in the Kiel Climate Model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 2005-2022

  Martin, Torge ^a,b   Park, Wonsun ^a   Latif, Mojib ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled climate model; Deep convection; Multi centennial climate variability; Southern Ocean; Weddell Polynya

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; DEEP WATER; GYRE; HEAT FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; OVERTURN; POLYNYA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84875706338     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1586-7     Document Type: Article

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