The characteristics of signal versus noise SST variability in the North Pacific and the tropical Pacific Ocean

Ocean Science Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Yeh, Sang Wook ^a   Kirtman, Ben P ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Equatorial Pacific; Interactive ensemble model; North Pacific; Signal and noise; SST variability

Indexed keywords

COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SIMULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33645813194     PISSN: 17385261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022401     Document Type: Article

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