The role of neutral singular vectors in midlatitude air-sea coupling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-102

  Goodman, Jason C ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DAMPING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SURFACE PHENOMENA; VECTORS;

NEUTRAL VECTORS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VECTOR;

EID: 0141819014     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0088:TRONSV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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