Oceanic forcing of Antarctic climate change: A study using a stretched-grid atmospheric general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 5786-5800

  Krinner, Gerhard ^a   Largeron, Chloé ^a   Ménégoz, Martin ^a   Agosta, Cécile ^a,b   Brutel Vuilmet, Claire ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; Climate models; Ice sheets

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; ICE SHEET; SEA-SURFACE CONDITIONS; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE SHEET; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84905180039     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00367.1     Document Type: Article

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