Thermal feedback on wind stress as a contributing cause of climate variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 232-244

  Cessi, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; WIND EFFECTS;

STORM TRACKS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; FRONTOGENESIS; GYRE; STORM TRACK; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0034036642     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0232:TFOWSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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