Decadal and interannual SST variability in the tropical atlantic ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1165-1175

  Carton, James A ^a   Cao, Xianhe ^a   Giese, Benjamin S ^b   Da Silva, Arlindo M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED OCEAN/ATMOSPHERE MODEL; DECADAL/INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0030479910     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1165:DAISVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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