On the role of ocean-atmosphere interaction in midlatitude interdecadal variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-170

  Weng, Wenjie ^a   David Neelin, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; OCEAN CURRENTS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE WATERS;

OCEAN ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERNAL VARIABILITY; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

EID: 0031699434     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL03507     Document Type: Article

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