Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model
A two-dimensional zonally averaged model has been developed for simulating the seasonal cycle of the climate of the Northern Hemisphere. The atmospheric component of the model is based on the two-level quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity system of equations. At the surface, the model has land-sea...
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ftunistlouisbrus:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:boreal:66333 2024-05-12T08:05:21+00:00 Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model Fichefet, Thierry Tricot, C. Berger, André Gallee, H. Marsiat, I. UCL - SC/PHYS - Département de physique UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate 1989 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/66333 en eng boreal:66333 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/66333 urn:ISSN:0080-4614 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 329, no. 1604, p. 249-261 (1989) info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1989 ftunistlouisbrus 2024-04-18T18:11:45Z A two-dimensional zonally averaged model has been developed for simulating the seasonal cycle of the climate of the Northern Hemisphere. The atmospheric component of the model is based on the two-level quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity system of equations. At the surface, the model has land-sea resolution and incorporates detailed snow and sea-ice mass budgets. The upper ocean is represented by an integral mixed-layer model that takes into account the meridional advection and turbulent diffusion of heat. Comparisons between the computed present-day climate and climatological data show that the model does reasonably well in simulating the seasonal cycle of the temperature field. In response to a projected CO/sub 2/ trend based on the scenario of Wuebbles et al. (1984), the modelled annual hemispheric mean surface temperature increases by 2 degrees C between 1983 and 2063. In the high latitudes, the response undergoes significant seasonal variations. Anglais Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Sea ice DIAL@USL-B (Université Saint-Louis, Bruxelles) |
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A two-dimensional zonally averaged model has been developed for simulating the seasonal cycle of the climate of the Northern Hemisphere. The atmospheric component of the model is based on the two-level quasi-geostrophic potential vorticity system of equations. At the surface, the model has land-sea resolution and incorporates detailed snow and sea-ice mass budgets. The upper ocean is represented by an integral mixed-layer model that takes into account the meridional advection and turbulent diffusion of heat. Comparisons between the computed present-day climate and climatological data show that the model does reasonably well in simulating the seasonal cycle of the temperature field. In response to a projected CO/sub 2/ trend based on the scenario of Wuebbles et al. (1984), the modelled annual hemispheric mean surface temperature increases by 2 degrees C between 1983 and 2063. In the high latitudes, the response undergoes significant seasonal variations. Anglais |
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UCL - SC/PHYS - Département de physique UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Fichefet, Thierry Tricot, C. Berger, André Gallee, H. Marsiat, I. |
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Fichefet, Thierry Tricot, C. Berger, André Gallee, H. Marsiat, I. Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model |
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Fichefet, Thierry Tricot, C. Berger, André Gallee, H. Marsiat, I. |
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Fichefet, Thierry |
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Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model |
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Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model |
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Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model |
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Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model |
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Climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model |
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climate studies with a coupled atmosphere-upper-ocean-ice-sheet model |
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1989 |
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Ice Sheet Sea ice |
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Ice Sheet Sea ice |
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Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 329, no. 1604, p. 249-261 (1989) |
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