The 30-70 day oscillations in the tropical Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Foltz, Gregory R ^a   McPhaden, Michael J ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OSCILLATIONS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SURFACE PRESSURE; TRADE WINDS; WIND SPEED;

WIND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; OSCILLATION; TRADE WIND; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 7044239697     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020023     Document Type: Article

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