Comparison of the SST-forced responses between coupled and uncoupled climate simulations

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 740-756

  Chen, Hua ^a,b,c   Schneider, Edwin K ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE SIMULATION; NOISE DECORRELATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; PERFECT MODEL; SST ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; TESTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 84892553187     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00092.1     Document Type: Article

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