Long-term trends and forcing mechanisms of circulation and climate in the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1134-1144

  Curtis, Scott ^a,b   Hastenrath, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; TROPICS; WIND;

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; LONG-TERM CHANGE;

(EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033117676     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1134:LTTAFM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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