Asymmetric impact of tropical SST anomalies on atmospheric internal variability over the north Pacific

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 725-740

  Chen, Wilbur Y ^a,b   Van Den Dool, Huug M ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; ENSO; FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE/OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC VARIATION; EL NINO; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SST ANOMALIES; TROPICAL SST; TROPICS;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030815060     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0725:AIOTSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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