The modeled atmospheric response to midlatitude SST anomalies and its dependence on background circulation states

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 971-987

  Peng, Shiling ^a   Robinson, Walter A ^b   Hoerling, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; GCM; MIDLATITUDES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST ANOMALIES;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030813713     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0971:TMARTM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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