An observational analysis of the oceanic and atmospheric structure of global-scale multi-decadal variability

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 316-330

  Liu, Peng ^a   Sui, Chung Hsiung ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AMO like oscillation; global mean surface temperature; global scale; multi decadal variation; PDO like oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893534621     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-013-2305-y     Document Type: Article

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