Identification of dynamical regimes in an intermediate coupled ocean-atmosphere model

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2105-2115

  Penland, Cécile ^a   Flügel, Moritz ^b   Chang, Ping ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

OCEAN ATMOSPHERE MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOCHASTIC FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

EID: 0343953477     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2105:IODRIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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