Equilibrium atmospheric response to north Atlantic SST anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1208-1220

  Kushnir, Yochanan ^a   Held, Isaac M ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; EQUILIBRIUM ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; GCM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST ANOMALIES; WESTERLIES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030513310     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1208:EARTNA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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