A moist linear baroclinic model: Coupled dynamical-convective response to El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1121-1139

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Jin, Fei Fei ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; LINEAR EQUATIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

LINEAR BAROCLINIC MODEL (LBM);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0141676306     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)16<1121:AMLBMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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