Assessment of Southern Ocean mixed-layer depths in CMIP5 models: Historical bias and forcing response

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1845-1862

  Sallee J B ^a   Shuckburgh, E ^a   Bruneau, N ^a   Meijers, A J S ^a   Bracegirdle, T J ^a   Wang, Z ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

climate model; mixed layer; Southern Ocean; ventilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; VENTILATION;

DEEP CONVECTION; FRESHWATER INPUTS; INTERCOMPARISONS; MIXED-LAYER; MIXED-LAYER DEPTHS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WINTER CONVECTION; WINTER MIXED LAYERS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT BALANCE; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION; WATER DEPTH;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84878081420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20157     Document Type: Article

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