Possible causes for the persistence barrier of SSTA in the South China Sea and the vicinity of Indonesia

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1125-1136

  Zhao, Xia ^a,b   Li, Jianping ^b  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Interannual interdecadal variability of SSTA; Persistence barrier; Sea surface temperature; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849093263     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-8165-9     Document Type: Article

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