Pacific decadal variability: The tropical Pacific mode and the North Pacific mode

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1101-1120

  Wu, Lixin ^a   Liu, Z ^a   Gallimore, R ^a   Jacob, R ^b   Lee, D ^a   Zhong, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE COUPLING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141676318     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)16<1101:PDVTTP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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