Analytical prototypes for ocean-atmosphere interaction at midlatitudes. Part I: Coupled feedbacks as a sea surface temperature dependent stochastic process

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 697-721

  Neelin, J David ^a,b   Weng, Wenjie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

GEOSTROPHIC CURRENTS; OCEANIC ROSSBY WAVE DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MIDLATITUDE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033102113     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0697:apfoai>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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