Poleward ocean heat transports, sea ice processes, and Arctic sea ice variability in NorESM1-M simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2095-2108

  Sando A B ^a,c   Gao, Y ^b,c,d   Langehaug, H R ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; CMIP5; poleward heat transport; sea ice area; sea ice processes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA ICE; BARENTS SEA; CMIP5; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; HEAT TRANSPORT; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; POLEWARD HEAT TRANSPORT;

SEA ICE;

CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; FRAM STRAIT;

EID: 84900377823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009435     Document Type: Article

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