Links between annual variations of Peruvian stratocumulus clouds and of SST in the eastern equatorial Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3305-3318

  Yu, Jin Yi ^a   Mechoso, Carlos R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOCUMULUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033226461     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3305:LBAVOP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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