Role of the atmosphere in climate variability of the tropical Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2052-2065

  Ruiz Barradas, Alfredo ^a   Carton, James A ^a   Nigam, Sumant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; TROPOSPHERE; WIND EFFECTS;

DIABATIC HEATING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; MODELING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 0042346356     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2052:ROTAIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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