Improved representation of tropical Pacific Ocean-atmosphere dynamics in an intermediate complexity climate model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 168-185

  Sriver, Ryan L ^a   Timmermann, Axel ^b   Mann, Michael E ^c   Keller, Klaus ^c   Goosse, Hugues ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Académie Louvain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate models; Climate variability; ENSO

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; ENSO; LONG-TERM CLIMATE VARIABILITY; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE DYNAMICS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER COMBINATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; EARTH (PLANET); FEEDBACK; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84892607640     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00849.1     Document Type: Article

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