Impact of anomalous northward oceanic heat transport on global climate in a slab ocean setting

Journal of Climate

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2650-2664

  L'Hévéder, Blandine ^a,b   Codron, Francis ^a,b   Ghil, Michael ^c,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Atmospheric circulation; Climate sensitivity; Cloud radiative effects; Intertropical convergence zone; Meridional overturning circulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; FEEDBACK; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE SENSITIVITY; CLOUD RADIATIVE EFFECTS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL OVERTURNING CIRCULATIONS;

TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GULF STREAM; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84944111704     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00377.1     Document Type: Article

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