How robust is the recent strengthening of the Tropical Pacific trade winds?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4398-4405

  De Boisseson E ^a   Balmaseda, M A ^a   Abdalla, S ^a   Kallen E ^a   Janssen, P A E M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRADE WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA SET; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TRANSFER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TRADE WIND; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84903222707     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL060257     Document Type: Article

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