The effect of ocean mixed layer depth on climate in slab ocean aquaplanet experiments

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 1041-1055

  Donohoe, Aaron ^a   Frierson, Dargan M W ^b   Battisti, David S ^b  

^a Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaplanet; Expansion of tropics; Seasonal cycle

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ALBEDO; DEEP SEA; EDDY; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SURFACE FLUX;

EID: 84905100101     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1843-4     Document Type: Article

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