Decadal climate variability over the North Pacific and North America: Dynamics and predictability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2407-2423

  Latif, M ^a   Barnett, T P ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CYCLE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL TIMESCALE; GCM;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030435170     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2407:DCVOTN>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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