Observed positive feedback between the NAO and the North Atlantic SSTA tripole

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Pan, Lin Lin ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA ACQUISITION; FEEDBACK; SEAWATER; SURFACE PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC SEA; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION (NAO); SEA SURFACE;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 20044374894     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022427     Document Type: Article

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