Spatial and temporal characteristics of the decadal abrupt changes of global atmosphere-ocean system in the 1970s

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Xiao, Dong ^a,b   Li, Jianping ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; DECADAL VARIATION; NOAA SATELLITE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STRATOSPHERE-TROPOSPHERE INTERACTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WIND STRESS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 49249095732     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008956     Document Type: Article

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