Variability of soil moisture and sea surface temperatures similarly important for warm-season land climate in the community earth system model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 2141-2162

  Orth, Rene ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Climate models; Feedback; Sea surface temperature; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EARTH (PLANET); FEEDBACK; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; LAND-ATMOSPHERE COUPLINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR-SOIL INTERACTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 85014512057     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0567.1     Document Type: Article

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