Interannual and decadal variability in the tropical and midlatitude Pacific Ocean

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3402-3418

  Giese, Benjamin S ^a   Carton, James A ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FUNCTIONS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BATHYMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033500440     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3402:IADVIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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