Decadal air-sea interaction in the North Atlantic based on observations and modeling results

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1195-1219

  Häkkinen, Sirpa ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER WAVES;

NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TIDE GAUGE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343526379     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<1195:DASIIT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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