The representation of the South Tropical Atlantic teleconnection to the Indian Ocean in the AR4 coupled models

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 1147-1166

  Barimalala, Rondrotiana ^a,b   Bracco, Annalisa ^b   Kucharski, Fred ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Coupled models; Indian monsoon; South Tropical Atlantic; Teleconnection

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PRESSURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84857441595     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1082-5     Document Type: Article

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