Climate variability modes due to ocean-atmosphere interaction in the central Atlantic

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 362-370

  Bojariu, Roxana ^a  

^a National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND PATTERN;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030843445     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v49i3.14675     Document Type: Article

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