Changes of the tropical Pacific Walker circulation simulated by two versions of FGOALS model

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2165-2180

  Ma, ShuangMei ^a,b   Zhou, TianJun ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

AMIP simulation; FGOALS g2; FGOALS s2; historical climate simulation; hydrological cycle constraint; SST change pattern; Walker circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; SEA LEVEL; TROPICS;

AMIP SIMULATION; CHANGE PATTERNS; CLIMATE SIMULATION; FGOALS-G2; FGOALS-S2; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; WALKER CIRCULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AMPLITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO; LA NINA; MOISTURE TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL DATA; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

POMATIOPSIS CALIFORNICA;

EID: 84940264025     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-014-4902-8     Document Type: Article

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