Regional impacts of ocean color on tropical Pacific variability

The role of the penetration length scale of shortwave radiation into the surface ocean and its impact on tropical Pacific variability is investigated with a fully coupled ocean, atmosphere, land and ice model. Previous work has shown that removal of all ocean color results in a system that tends str...

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Main Authors: W. Anderson, A. Gnanadesikan, A. Wittenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-08-01
Series:Ocean Science
Online Access:http://www.ocean-sci.net/5/313/2009/os-5-313-2009.pdf