Global atmospheric sensitivity to tropical SST anomalies throughout the Indo-Pacific basin

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 3427-3442

  Barsugli, Joseph J ^a   Sardeshmukh, Prashant D ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOPOTENTIAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036951380     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3427:GASTTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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