Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction in the North Atlantic: Near-Surface Climate Variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1615-1632

  Bhatt, Uma S ^a,d   Alexander, Michael A ^b   Battisti, David S ^c   Houghton, David D ^a   Keller, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

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EID: 0001119503     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1615:AOIITN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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