Peruvian stratus clouds and the tropical Pacific circulation: A coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM study

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1635-1645

  Ma, Chung Chun ^a   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a   Robertson, Andrew W ^a   Arakawa, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN MODEL; GCM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATUS;

PACIFIC, (TROPICAL); PERU;

EID: 0030498854     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1635:PSCATT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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