Interannual and interdecadal variability in the storm track, cloudiness, and sea surface temperature over the summertime North Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 422-430

  Norris, Joel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; STORMS;

MARINE STRATIFORM CLOUDINESS (MSC); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STORM TRACK;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLOUD COVER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034117792     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0422:IAIVIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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