Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) in CMIP5 Models: RCP and historical simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 7187-7197

  Cheng, Wei ^a   Chiang, John C H ^b   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; HISTORICAL SIMULATION; INDIVIDUAL MODELING; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SHORTWAVE RADIATIVE FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DECADAL VARIATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FUTURE PROSPECT; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OVERTURN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84884246009     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00496.1     Document Type: Article

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