A diagnostic study of the role of remote forcing in tropical Atlantic variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 3280-3290

  Czaja, A ^a   van der Vaart, P ^a   Marshall, J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEATING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

REMOTE FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037113342     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<3280:ADSOTR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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