Variability of the tropical ocean surface temperatures at decadal-multidecadal timescales. Part I: The Atlantic Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2351-2375

  Mehta, Vikram M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean (Tropical); Climate change; Sea surface temperature; Temporal variation; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032463205     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2351:VOTTOS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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