Coupled ocean-atmosphere surface variability and its climate impacts in the tropical Atlantic region

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 451-473

  Fontaine, B ^a   Janicot, Serge ^b   Roucou, P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032843286     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050293     Document Type: Article

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