Atmosphere-ocean coupled variability in the South Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2904-2920

  Venegas, S A ^a   Mysak, L A ^a   Straub, D N ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031420880     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<2904:AOCVIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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