The atmospheric response to North Atlantic SST anomalies in seasonal prediction experiments

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 193-207

  Lin, Hai ^a   Derome, Jacques ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037768370     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.2003.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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