The basic effects of atmosphere-ocean thermal coupling on midlatitude variability

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-493

  Barsugli, Joseph J ^a   Battisti, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; GCM; MIDLATITUDE;

EID: 0031835219     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<0477:TBEOAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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