Coupled ocean-atmosphere response to seasonal modulation of ocean color: Impact on interannual climate simulations in the tropical pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 353-374

  Ballabreba Poy, Joaquim ^a,b   Murtugudde, R ^a   Zhang, R H ^a   Busalacchi, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Centro Mediterráneo de Investigaciones Marinas y Ambientales   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY; WIND;

AIR-SEA FEEDBACKS; COUPLED OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODEL; INTERANNUAL CLIMATE SIMULATIONS; TROPICAL PACIFIC;

GLOBAL WARMING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEAN COLOR; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33846898955     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3958.1     Document Type: Article

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