Synoptic eddy feedback and air-sea interaction in the North Atlantic region

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 647-659

  Pan, Lin Lin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROTROPIC WAVE; MIXED LAYER; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548633759     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-007-0256-7     Document Type: Article

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