The linearity of the atmospheric response to North Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3003-3014

  Lunkeit, Frank ^a   Von Detten, Yorck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; GCM; INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0031462908     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<3003:TLOTAR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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