Covariability of aspects of North American climate with global sea surface temperatures on interannual to interdecadal timescales

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 289-302

  Livezey, Robert E ^a   Smith, Thomas M ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANONICAL CORRELATION METHOD (CCA); EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033018908     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.289     Document Type: Article

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