Interactions between ENSO, transient circulation, and tropical convection over the Pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3062-3086

  Matthews, Adrian J ^a,c   Kiladis, George N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TRANSIENT CIRCULATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033208163     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<3062:IBETCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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