Model assessment of decadal variability and trends in the tropical Pacific Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2273-2296

  Knutson, Thomas R ^a   Manabe, Syukuro ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Tropical); Atmosphere ocean coupling; Climate modeling; Pacific Ocean; Sea surface temperature; Temporal variation; Warming

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WARNING SYSTEM;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032468969     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<2273:MAODVA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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