Initial-value predictability of Antarctic sea ice in the Community Climate System Model 3

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2121-2124

  Holland, Marika M ^a   Blanchard Wrigglesworth, Edward ^b   Kay, Jennifer ^a   Vavrus, Steven ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic; predictability; sea ice

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC; ANTARCTIC SEA ICE; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT; OCEAN MIXED LAYERS; PREDICTABILITY; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

HEAT BALANCE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PREDICTION; SEA ICE; SIGNAL;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84879893209     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50410     Document Type: Article

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