An empirical stochastic model of sea-surface temperatures and surface winds over the Southern Ocean

Kravtsov, S.; Kondrashov, D.; Kamenkovich, I.; Ghil, M.

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An empirical stochastic model of sea-surface temperatures and surface winds over the Southern Ocean

S. Kravtsov, D. Kondrashov, I. Kamenkovich, and M. Ghil

S. Kravtsov

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Atmospheric Science group, P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA

D. Kondrashov

University of California at Los Angeles, USA

I. Kamenkovich

University of Miami, USA

M. Ghil

University of California at Los Angeles, USA

Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

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