Tropical response to the Atlantic Equatorial mode: AGCM multimodel approach

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-52

  Losada, T ^a   Rodriguez Fonseca B ^a   Polo, I ^a   Janicot, S ^b   Gervois, S ^b   Chauvin, F ^c   Ruti, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d Progetto Speciale Clima Globale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LA NINA; WARM FRONT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77954144134     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0624-6     Document Type: Article

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