The Southern Ocean in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2019, 2014, Pages

  Meijers, A J S ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; CMIP5; Meridional overturning circulation; Mixed layer; Sea ice; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; CMIP5; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS; MIXED LAYER; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 84903649787     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0296     Document Type: Review

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