Ocean circulation response to anthropogenic-aerosol and greenhouse gas forcing in the CSIRO-Mk3.6 coupled climate model

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-39

  Collier, Mark A ^a   Rotstayn, Leon D ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^b   Hirst, Anthony C ^a   Jeffrey, Stephen J ^c  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

DRAKE PASSAGE; INDONESIA;

EID: 84879985376     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6301.003     Document Type: Article

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