Tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature forcing of quasi-decadal climate variability over the North Atlantic-European region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3170-3187

  Terray, L ^a   Cassou, C ^a  

^a CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRESSURE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037113133     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3170:TASSTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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