Southern Hemisphere extratropical circulation: Recent trends and natural variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5508-5515

  Thomas, Jordan L ^a   Waugh, Darryn W ^a   Gnanadesikan, Anand ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

global climate models; natural variability; Southern Annular Mode

Indexed keywords

LOCATION;

COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EXTERNAL FORCING; EXTRATROPICAL CIRCULATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; NATURAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT TRANSFER; JET; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERLY;

EID: 84938196669     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064521     Document Type: Article

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