Decadal variability and predictability in the midlatitude ocean-atmosphere system

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1073-1097

  Saravanan, R ^a   Danabasoglu, G ^a   Doney, S C ^a   McWilliams, James C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MIDLATITUDE OCEAN ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; MIDLATITUDE VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECADAL VARIATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0033923549     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1073:DVAPIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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