Simple coupled midlatitude climate models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 8 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2016-2037

  Talley, Lynne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033399950     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<2016:scmcm>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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