Oceanic Rossby wave dynamics and the ENSO period in a coupled model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1690-1704

  Kirtman, Ben P ^a  

^a Inst Global Environ and Soc Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

DELAYED OSCILLATOR THEORY; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON; KELVIN WAVES; ROSSBY WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ENSO; MODEL; ROSSBY WAVES; WAVE DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031177794     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1690:ORWDAT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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