Antarctic ocean and sea ice response to ozone depletion: A two-time-scale problem

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1206-1226

  Ferreira, David ^a,c   Marshall, John ^a   Bitz, Cecilia M ^b   Solomon, Susan ^a   Plumb, Alan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; SEA ICE; SURFACE WATERS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ANTARCTIC OCEAN; COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; OZONE DEPLETION; REALISTIC GEOMETRY; SEA ICE EXTENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; MIXED LAYER; OZONE DEPLETION; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84923032833     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00313.1     Document Type: Article

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