Interannual and decadal variability in an intermediate coupled model of the Pacific region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-405

  Solomon, Amy B ^a   McCreary Jr , Julian P ^a   Kleeman, Richard ^b   Klinger, Barry A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; HEAT FLUX; OSCILLATIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEA LEVEL; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

INTERMEDIATE COUPLED MODEL;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; COOLING; DECADAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141564705     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0383:IADVIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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