Impact of Ocean Model Resolution on CCSM Climate Simulations
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This issue of Variations presents four articles highlighting modeling research presented at the CLIVAR-sponsored workshop on Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Processes in the Atlantic held in Miami, March 23-25, 2011. The workshop reviewed model biases in simulating the Atlantic (notably ocean circulation, sea surface temperatures, surface winds, clouds, and precipitation) and identified hypotheses on mechanisms responsible for the biases (see summary article on back page).
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