Ocean response to volcanic eruptions in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 simulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5622-5637

  Ding, Yanni ^a   Carton, James A ^a   Chepurin, Gennady A ^a   Stenchikov, Georgiy ^b   Robock, Alan ^c   Sentman, Lori T ^d   Krasting, John P ^d  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

aerosols; AMOC; dedecadal ocean variability; ENSO; sea ice; volcanic eruptions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DECADAL VARIATION; DEEP SEA; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ICE COVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84927608239     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009780     Document Type: Article

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