Decadal and multidecadal North Atlantic SST anomalies driven by standing and propagating basin-scale atmospheric anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2405-2411

  Halliwell Jr , George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SSTA;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031420105     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2405:DAMNAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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