The atmospheric bridge: The influence of ENSO teleconnections on air-sea interaction over the global oceans

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2205-2231

  Alexander, Michael A ^a   Bladé, Ileana ^a   Newman, Matthew ^a   Lanzante, John R ^a   Lau, Ngar Cheung ^a   Scott, James D ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS; INTERANNUAL TIMESCALES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 0037104707     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2205:TABTIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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