Prediction of tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature, using linear inverse modeling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 483-496

  Penland, Cécile ^a   Matrosova, Ludmila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC, (TROPICAL);

EID: 0031927070     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<0483:POTASS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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