Atmospheric GCM response to an idealized anomaly of the Mediterranean sea surface temperature

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 543-552

  Li, Laurent Z X ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COOLING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33747462082     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0152-6     Document Type: Article

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