What does AO stand for?

Atmosphere-Ocean

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Samples in periodicals archive:

A coupled atmosphere-ocean model with the ability to predict the likely onset of El Nino and La Nina events up to nine months in advance is being developed by Dr Ian Smith of CSIRO Atmospheric Research in Melbourne.

Waiting for El Nino. (spectrum)

The model then computes the corresponding future concentration of carbon dioxide as a result of the atmosphere-ocean interaction.

A Climate Model Featuring Ocean-Atmosphere Exchange of Carbon Dioxide

Using those cyclones, Emanuel crafted a coupled atmosphere-ocean model to estimate the net ocean heating generated by all 67 storms.

The Motion in the Ocean

Such a program is under way at CSIRO Atmospheric Research, where our Mark 2 coupled atmosphere-ocean model has been used to reveal a number of previously unknown aspects of the climate of the Southern Hemisphere.

Australia's climate Cerberus

Including such oceans would multiply the required computer hours 50 times, so no one has run a double carbon dioxide simulation to completion with a coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM, Schlesinger says.

Global change: the scientific challenge

What's more, Broecker thinks theearth's atmosphere-ocean system is far more complicated than what is currently modeled in computers.

Ozone and global warming: what to do?