Reconstructing the subsurface ocean decadal variability using surface nudging in a perfect model framework

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 315-338

  Servonnat, Jérôme ^a,b,e   Mignot, Juliette ^a,c,e   Guilyardi, Eric ^a,d,e   Swingedouw, Didier ^b,e   Séférian, Roland ^b,e   Labetoulle, Sonia ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; Decadal climate predictability; Initialisation; Nudging; Ocean dynamics; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939268680     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2184-7     Document Type: Article

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