Air-sea interactions of relevance to the ITCZ: Analysis of coupled instabilities and experiments in a hybrid coupled GCM

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 134-147

  Li, Tianming ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIR/SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; GCM; HYBRID COUPLED MODEL; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ITCZ;

ATLANTIC; PACIFIC;

EID: 5244372231     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0134:ASIORT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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