On the role of the south atlantic atmospheric circulation in tropical atlantic variability

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 147, Issue , 2004, Pages 143-156

  Barreiro, Marcelo ^a,b   Giannini, Alessandra ^c   Chang, Ping ^a   Saravanan, R ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Earth Institute   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84979175920     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/147GM08     Document Type: Chapter

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