Frequency domain multimodel analysis of the response of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to surface forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 8323-8340

  Macmartin, Douglas G ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^b   Zanna, Laure ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Climate models; Meridional overturning circulation; Ocean dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORIES; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OVERTURN; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 84886255402     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00717.1     Document Type: Article

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