The response of the coupled tropical ocean-atmosphere to westerly wind bursts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 579, 2002, Pages 1-23

  Fedorov, Alexey V ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern oscillation; Intraseasonal variability; Madden Julian oscillation; Ocean atmosphere interactions Predictability

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; STORMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WESTERLY;

EID: 0036148157     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/00359000260498761     Document Type: Article

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