Joint propagating patterns of SST and SLP anomalies in the North Pacific on bidecadal and pentadecadal timescale

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 694-710

  Zhu, Yimin ^a   Yang, Xiuqun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bidecadal mode; Interdecadal variation; Pacific decadal oscillation; Pentadecadal mode

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 1542350193     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915396     Document Type: Article

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