Quasi-decadal and inter-decadal climate fluctuations in the Pacific Ocean from a CGCM

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Tourre, Yves M ^a,b   Cibot, Carole ^c   Terray, Laurent ^d   White, Warren B ^e   Dewitte, Boris ^f  

^a CNES   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^d CERFACS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE WATERS;

CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBARCTIC FRONTAL ZONE (SAFZ);

CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS; LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATIONS; MODULATING FREQUENCIES; RECHARGE/DISCHARGE MECHANISM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SUBARCTIC FRONTAL ZONES; THERMAL BACKGROUND;

EID: 21844442165     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL022087     Document Type: Article

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