Decadal and seasonal dependence of North Pacific sea surface temperature persistence

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ding, Ruiqiang ^a   Li, Jianping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; METEOROLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 62149095695     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010723     Document Type: Article

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