Southern Ocean bottom water characteristics in CMIP5 models

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1409-1414

  Heuzé, Céline ^a   Heywood, Karen J ^a   Stevens, David P ^a   Ridley, Jeff K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom Water; climate models; CMIP5; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC SHELF; BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CMIP5; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DEEP CONVECTION; FORMATION PROCESS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CLIMATOLOGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE MODELING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; DENSE WATER; GYRE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84876950509     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50287     Document Type: Article

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