A theory for the Indian Ocean dipole-zonal mode

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2119-2135

  Li, Tim ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Chang, C P ^b   Zhang, Yongsheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND EFFECTS;

PHASE LOCKING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZONAL FLOW;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141796252     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<2119:ATFTIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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