Simulations of atmospheric variability induced by sea surface temperatures and implications for global warming

Science

Volumn 266, Issue 5185, 1994, Pages 632-634

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Leetmaa, Ants ^a   Ji, Ming ^a  

^a W NMC2   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SIMULATION;

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION; SST;

EID: 0028519356     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.266.5185.632     Document Type: Article

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