A midlatitude-ENSO teleconnection mechanism via baroclinically unstable long Rossby waves

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1877-1888

  Galanti, Eli ^a   Tziperman, Eli ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR FLOW; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SUBTROPICAL GYRE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141850024     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1877:AMTMVB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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