SST variability and its mechanism in a coupled atmosphere-mixed layer ocean model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 1221-1239

  Kitoh, Akio ^a   Motoi, Tatsuo ^a   Koide, Hiroshi ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; WIND EFFECTS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032862914     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1221:SVAIMI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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