Northern Hemispheric interdecadal variability: A coupled air-sea mode

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1906-1931

  Timmermann, A ^a   Latif, M ^a   Voss, R ^b   Grotzner A ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum   (Germany)

Author keywords

(North); Air sea interaction; Atlantic; Temporal Variation

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032462831     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-11.8.1906     Document Type: Article

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