Projection of subtropical gyre circulation and associated sea level changes in the Pacific based on CMIP3 climate models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 131-144

  Zhang, Xuebin ^a   Church, John A ^a   Platten, Skye M ^a   Monselesan, Didier ^a  

^a Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

CMIP3; Poleward expansion; Sea level change; Subtropical gyre circulation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE MODELING; GYRE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 84906093777     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1902-x     Document Type: Article

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