Can southern ocean eddy effects be parameterized in climate models?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 411-425

  Bryan, Frank O ^a   Gent, Peter R ^a   Tomas, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate models; Model evaluation performance; Parameterization

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT REGIONS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; POLEWARD HEAT TRANSPORT; SEA ICE DISTRIBUTION; SEA-ICE COMPONENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OVERTURN; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84892457721     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00759.1     Document Type: Article

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