A simple model of the decadal response of the ocean to stochastic wind forcing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1533-1546

  Frankignoul, Claude ^a   Müller, Peter ^b   Zorita, Eduardo ^a,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL RESPONSE; GCM; WIND FORCING;

EID: 0031423268     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<1533:ASMOTD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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