Variations of sea surface temperature, wind stress, and rainfall over the tropical Atlantic and South America

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2464-2479

  Nobre, Paulo ^a,b   Shukla, J ^a  

^a Inst Global Environ and Soc Inc   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST ANOMALIES; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030425712     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2464:VOSSTW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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