A distinctly interdecadal signal of Pacific ocean-atmosphere interaction

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1709-1718

  Frauenfeld, Oliver W ^a   Davis, Robert E ^b   Mann, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERDECADEL PACIFIC SIGNAL (IPS); OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 22944454165     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3367.1     Document Type: Article

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