Influence of the ocean on North Atlantic climate variability 1871-1999

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3296-3313

  Sutton, R T ^a   Hodson, D L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344984309     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3296:IOTOON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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