North atlantic interannual variability in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2356-2375

  Delworth, Thomas L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; HEAT FLUX; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030427736     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2356:NAIVIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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