Inter-hemispheric decadal variations in SST, surface wind, heat flux and cloud cover over the Atlantic Ocean

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1199-1219

  Tanimoto, Youichi ^a,b   Xie, Shang Ping ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036822426     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.80.1199     Document Type: Article

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