Influences of continental monsoons and air-sea coupling on the climate of the equatorial Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3132-3152

  Fu, Xiouhua ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

MONSOONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEAT BUDGET; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344121668     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3132:IOCMAA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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