On the time variability of the net ocean-to-atmosphere heat flux in midlatitudes with application to the North Atlantic basin

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 129, Issue 594 PART A, 2003, Pages 2867-2878

  Czaja, Arnaud ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interactions; Climate variability; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; HEAT FLUX; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

OCEAN DYNAMICS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142216002     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/003590003769682084     Document Type: Article

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