The influence of midlatitude ocean-atmosphere coupling on the low-frequency variability of a GCM. Part I: No tropical SST forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2087-2106

  Bladé, Ileana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GCM; SST ANOMALIES;

EID: 0031200807     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2087:TIOMOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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