Subsurface quasi-decadal fluctuations in the north Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1363-1373

  Houghton, R W ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; QUASI DECADAL FLUCTUATION; QUASI-DECADAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST ANOMALIES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; TIME SERIES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030485373     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1363:SQDFIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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