Multi- and quasi-decadal variations of sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3133-3144

  Mizoguchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Meyers, Steven D ^a   Basu, Sujit ^b   O'Brien, James J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033496873     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<3133:MAQDVO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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