Tropical-extratropical connection in the Atlantic atmosphere-ocean variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2247-2250

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Kimoto, Masahide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE WATERS; TROPICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERE OCEAN VARIABILITY; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BAROCLINIC MODELS; MONOPOLE AND DIPOLE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC ATMOSPHERE; LINEAR BAROCLINIC MODEL; OCEAN VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STEADY LINEAR RESPONSES; TRANSIENT EDDY FEEDBACK; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC ATMOSPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033453321     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900350     Document Type: Article

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