Intraseasonal eastern pacific precipitation and SST variations in a GCM coupled to a slab ocean model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 2989-3007

  Maloney, Eric D ^a   Kiehl, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; LIFE CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIATION;

INTRASEASONAL OSCILLATION (ISO);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036864583     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2989:IEPPAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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