Characteristics of the interannual and decadal variability in a general circulation model of the tropical Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1693-1712

  Huang, Bohua ^a   Shukla, J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GCM; HEAT TRANSFER; SST; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0031422804     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1693:COTIAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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