Low-frequency variability in the Southern Ocean region in a simplified coupled model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Maze, Guillaume ^a,b   D'Andrea, Fabio ^b   De Verdière, Alain Colin ^a  

^a UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EKMAN LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 33745853421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003181     Document Type: Article

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