Air-sea interaction and the seasonal cycle of the subtropical anticyclones

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1948-1966

  Seager, Richard ^a   Murtugudde, Ragu ^b   Naik, Naomi ^a   Clement, Amy ^c   Gordon, Neil ^a   Miller, Jennifer ^a  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; STORMS;

SEASONAL CYCLES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTICYCLONE; MODELING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL REGION;

EID: 0042847368     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<1948:AIATSC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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