The tropical ocean response to a change in solar forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1133-1149

  DeWitt, David G ^a   Schneider, Edwin K ^a  

^a Ctr Ocean Land Atmosphere Studs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICS; WIND;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR FORCING; TROPICAL OCEAN; ZONAL WIND STRESS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0033939544     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1133:TTORTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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