The ocean response to low-frequency interannual atmospheric variability in the Mediterranean Sea. Part II: Empirical orthogonal functions analysis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 732-745

  Korres, G ^a   Pinardi, N ^b   Lascaratos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0342732865     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<0732:TORTLF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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