A linear stability analysis of couple tropical Atlantic variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2421-2436

  Wang, Faming ^a   Chang, Ping ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FEEDBACK; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

COUPLED MODES; COUPLED SYSTEMS; DESTRUCTIVE INTERFERENCE; FEEDBACKS]; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LINEAR STABILITY; NONOSCILLATORY; OCEAN HEAT TRANSPORT; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE MODELS; RELATIVE STRENGTH; TIME SCALING; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TWO TYPES; ZONAL MODES;

CONTROL THEORY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; UPWELLING; ZONAL WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 48749101655     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2035.1     Document Type: Article

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