Why is the amplitude of the Indian ocean dipole overly large in CMIP3 and CMIP5 climate models?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1200-1205

  Cai, Wenju ^a   Cowan, Tim ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bjerknes feedback; Indian Ocean Dipole

Indexed keywords

BJERKNES FEEDBACK; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EQUATORIAL INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84876945008     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50208     Document Type: Article

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