The coupled patterns between sea level pressure and sea surface temperature in the midlatitude North Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1824-1839

  Peng, Shiling ^a,b   Fyfe, John ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FLUCTUATION; MID-LATITUDES; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030504889     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1824:TCPBSL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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