Mechanisms of hemispherically symmetric climate variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2960-2978

  Seager, Richard ^a   Harnik, Nili ^a   Kushnir, Yochanan ^a   Robinson, Walter ^b   Miller, Jennifer ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; HEATING; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS;

SUBTROPICAL JETS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 0141686294     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2960:MOHSCV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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