Evolution of interdecadal variability in sea level pressure, sea surface temperature, and upper ocean temperature over the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1528-1541

  Tourre, Yves M ^a   Kushnir, Yochanan ^a   White, Warren B ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033399911     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<1528:EOIVIS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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