Summertime response of the tropical atmosphere to the Indian Ocean Dipole sea surface temperature anomalies

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 533-561

  Guan, Zhaoyong ^a,b   Ashok, Karumuri ^a   Yamagata, Toshio ^a,c  

^a Japan Marine Sci & Technol Ctr   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ENERGY BUDGET; HEAT FLUX; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0242281805     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.533     Document Type: Article

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