Coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamical processes in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans and the TBO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2138-2158

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a   Loschnigg, Johannes ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; OSCILLATIONS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

MONSOONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037612846     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2767.1     Document Type: Article

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