A decadal spiciness mode in the tropics

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-260

  Schneider, Niklas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MODAL ANALYSIS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICS;

DECADAL SPICINESS ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM;

EID: 0034353166     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002348     Document Type: Article

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