On the relationship between the interannual and decadal SST variability in the North Pacific and tropical Pacific Ocean

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Yeh, Sang Wook ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^a  

^a Ctr for Ocean Land Atmosphere Stds   (United States)

Author keywords

Decadal; Interannual; North and tropical pacific; SST; Variability

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 0742322795     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002817     Document Type: Article

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