Controlling high-latitude Southern Ocean convection in climate models

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 58-75

  Stössel, Achim ^a   Notz, Dirk ^b   Haumann, F Alexander ^c   Haak, Helmuth ^b   Jungclaus, Johann ^b   Mikolajewicz, Uwe ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Climate models; Convection; High latitude Southern Ocean; Sea ice; Surface buoyancy fluxes

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; SEA ICE; WATER;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; SURFACE BUOYANCY FLUX; WATER-MASS PROPERTIES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTARCTIC BOTTOM WATER; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BUOYANCY; CLIMATE MODELING; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA ICE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84920996552     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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