Remote response of the Indian Ocean to interannual SST variations in the tropical Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 362-372

  Shinoda, Toshiaki ^a   Alexander, Michael A ^a   Hendon, Harry H ^b  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS (GCM); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE FLUX;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 1342309914     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0362:RROTIO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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