Tropical Pacific and Atlantic climate variability in CCSM3

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2451-2481

  Deser, Clara ^a   Capotondi, Antonietta ^b   Saravanan, R ^a   Phillips, Adam S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WIND STRESS;

EID: 33645306312     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3759.1     Document Type: Article

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