Analytical prototypes for ocean-atmosphere interaction at midlatitudes. Part II: Mechanisms for coupled gyre modes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2757-2774

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC STOCHASTIC FORCING; HEAT FLUX FEEDBACKS; ROSSBY WAVE PROPAGATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; GYRE;

EID: 0033190396     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2757:APFOAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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