Potential feedbacks between Pacific Ocean ecosystems and interdecadal climate variations

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 617-633

  Miller, Arthur J ⁿ   Alexander, Michael A ^a   Boer, George J ^b   Chai, Fei ^c   Denman, Ken ^b   Erickson III, David J ^d   Frouin, Robert ⁿ   Gabric, Albert J ^e   Laws, Edward A ^f   Lewis, Marlon R ^g   Liu, Zhengyu ^h   Murtugudde, Ragu ⁱ   Nakamoto, Shoichiro ^j   Neilson, Douglas J ⁿ   Norris, Joel R ⁿ   Ohlmann, J Carter ^k   Ian Perry, R ^l   Schneider, Niklas ⁿ   Shell, Karen M ⁿ   Timmermann, Axel ^m  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j Advanced Earth Science and Technology Organization   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^m GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; OCEAN HABITATS;

INTERDECADAL CLIMATE VARIATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037938489     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-5-617     Document Type: Review

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