Ocean heat uptake processes: A model intercomparison

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 887-908

  Exarchou, Eleftheria ^a   Kuhlbrodt, Till ^a   Gregory, Jonathan M ^a   Smith, Robin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

DIAPYCNAL DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; MODEL INTER COMPARISONS; OCEAN HEAT UPTAKE; QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; SUB-SURFACE OCEAN;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADVECTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; EDDY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATIFICATION; WIND FORCING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84921657596     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00235.1     Document Type: Article

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