On the mechanisms in a tropical ocean-global atmosphere coupled general circulation model. Part II: Interannual variability and its relation to the seasonal cycle

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-80

  Vintzileos, A ^a   Delecluse, P ^b   Sadourny, R ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING; SEASONALITY; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033046140     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050268     Document Type: Article

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