EPIC2001 and the coupled ocean-atmosphere system of the tropical east Pacific

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1341-1354

  Raymond, David J ^a   Esbensen, Steven K ^b   Paulson, Clayton ^b   Gregg, Michael ^c   Bretherton, Christopher S ^c   Petersen, Walter A ^d   Cifelli, Robert ^e   Shay, Lynn K ^f   Ohlmann, Carter ^g   Zuidema, Paquita ^h  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPICS;

CLIMATE MODELS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL CYCLE; TROPICAL EAST PACIFIC;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 5644275477     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-9-1341     Document Type: Article

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