The intraseasonal oscillation in ECHAM4 Part I: Coupled to a comprehensive ocean model

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 653-669

  Liess, S ^a,b   Bengtsson, L ^b   Arpe, K ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 3142538780     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0406-0     Document Type: Article

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