Indian Ocean intraseasonal variability in an ocean general circulation model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-39

  Schiller, A ^a   Godfrey, J S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT TRANSFER; OSCILLATIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037542018     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0021:IOIVIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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