On the slow mode of a simple air-sea coupled model: The sensitivity to the zonal phase difference between the SST and the atmospheric heating

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-165

  An, Soon Il ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 0034164768     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.78.2_159     Document Type: Article

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