A theory of interdecadal climate variability of the North Pacific Ocean-atmosphere system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1821-1835

  Jin, Fei Fei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN ROSSBY WAVES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031200809     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1821:ATOICV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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