Exchange of heat and momentum between the atmosphere and the ocean: A minimal model of decadal oscillations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 479-489

  Gallego, B ^a   Cessi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 0033923965     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820050341     Document Type: Article

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