The response of atmospheric heat transport to zonally-averaged SST trends

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 815-832

  Magnusdottir, Gudrun ^a   Saravanan, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033390599     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v51i5.14495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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