The role of ocean dynamics in the interaction between the Atlantic meridional and equatorial modes

Journal of Climate

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3583-3598

  Zhu, Jieshun ^a   Huang, Bohua ^a,b   Wu, Zhaohua ^c  

^a CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ocean interaction; Ocean dynamics; Oceanic mixed layer; Oceanic variability; Tropical variabilty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN INTERACTIONS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; OCEANIC MIXED LAYERS; OCEANIC VARIABILITY; TROPICAL VARIABILTY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DYNAMICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TROPICS; WAVEGUIDES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERE-HYDROSPHERE INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GLOBAL OCEAN; HEAT TRANSFER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIXED LAYER; WIND FORCING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84861386859     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00364.1     Document Type: Article

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