SST-forced surface wind variability in the tropical Atlantic: An empirical model

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages ACL-4-1-ACL-4-16

  Chung, Chul ^a,b   Nigam, Sumant ^a   Carton, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3339 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Ocean atmosphere interactions (0312, 4504); 3374 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Tropical meteorology; 4215 Oceanography: General: Climate and interannual variability (3309)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; HEATING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

EID: 0041532715     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000324     Document Type: Article

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