Rotated global modes of non-ENSO sea surface temperature variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2734-2746

  Mestas Nuñez, Alberto M ^a   Enfield, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICS; WIND STRESS;

PHASE FLUCTUATIONS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 0033190466     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<2734:RGMONE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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