The impact of internal atmospheric variability on the North Pacific SST variability

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 721-732

  Yeh, S W ^a   Kirtman, B P ^a,b  

^a Ctr for Ocean Land Atmosph Studs   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3142568688     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0399-8     Document Type: Article

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