A stability analysis of tropical ocean-atmosphere interactions: Bridging measurements and theory for El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 3086-3101

  Fedorov, A V ^a   Philander, S G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE WATER; THERMOCLINE; THERMOSTABILITY; WIND;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; WIND;

OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; TRADE WIND;

EID: 0035878102     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<3086:ASAOTO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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