The persistence of winter sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1364-1377

  De Coëtlogon, Gaëlle ^a   Frankignoul, Claude ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

SEA LEVEL;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141718174     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-16.9.1364     Document Type: Article

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