A model of decadal middle-latitude atmosphere-ocean coupled modes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 621-641

  Goodman, Jason ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND STRESS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING;

EID: 0033079625     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0621:AMODML>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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