Why is north tropical Atlantic SST variability stronger in boreal spring?

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3017-3025

  Czaja, Arnaud ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; REMOTE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

DAMPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; CLIMATE FORCING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPRING (SEASON);

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 4344645524     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3017:WINTAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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