Decadal variability in the North Pacific: The eastern North Pacific mode

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3111-3131

  Wu, Lixin ^a   Liu, Zhengyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANOGRAPHY; RESONANCE;

DECADAL VARIABILITY; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE COUPLING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HEAT BUDGET; MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344553322     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3111:DVITNP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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