The influence of midlatitude ocean-atmosphere coupling on the low-frequency variability of a GCM. Part II: Interannual variability induced by tropical SST forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-45

  Bladé, Ileana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (GCM); OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MIDLATITUDE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033018905     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.21     Document Type: Article

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