An OGCM Simulation of Seasonal and Interannual Variabilities in the Surface-Layer Pacific of the Equatorial Band

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-235

  Boyin, Huang ^a,b   Zhengyu, Liu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat flux; Interannual variability; Seasonal variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346044132     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-002-0018-8     Document Type: Article

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