The tropical Atlantic meridional SST gradient index and its relationships with the SOI, NAO and Southern Ocean

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 447-464

  Melice J L ^a   Servain, J ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b IRD   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

(TROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037654728     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-002-0289-x     Document Type: Article

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