Simulated interannual to decadal variability in the tropical and sub-tropical North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2825-2828

  Delworth, Thomas L ^a   Mehta, Vikram M ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

(North); Atlantic Ocean; Atmosphere Ocean coupling; Sea surface temperature; Temperature anomaly; Temporal variation; Tropical meteorology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WIND; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE WATERS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TROPICS;

DECADAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATED INTERANNUAL; SUB TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC; TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC; DECADAL TIMESCALE; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

TROPICS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032148167     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02188     Document Type: Article

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