Roles of Indian and Pacific Ocean air-sea coupling in tropical atmospheric variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 155-170

  Wu, Renguang ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^a,b  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FORCING; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 25844485202     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-005-0003-x     Document Type: Article

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