Climate and the tropical oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3383-3401

  Clement, Amy ^a,b   Seager, Richard ^a  

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

^b LODYC   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033493974     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3383:CATTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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