Rectified effects of tropical instability wave (TIW)-induced atmospheric wind feedback in the tropical Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Zhang, Rong Hua ^a   Busalacchi, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; SATELLITES; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL INSTABILITY WAVE;

TIDES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE MODELING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN WAVE; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 43549093331     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL033028     Document Type: Article

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