Observed and simulated full-depth ocean heat-content changes for 1970-2005

Ocean Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 925-935

  Cheng, Lijing ^a   Trenberth, Kevin E ^b   Palmer, Matthew D ^c   Zhu, Jiang ^a   Abraham, John P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMISSION; ENERGY BALANCE; ERROR CORRECTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT BALANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; OCEAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84980023458     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-12-925-2016     Document Type: Article

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