Influences of ENSO-induced Indo-western Pacific SST anomalies on extratropical atmospheric variability during the boreal summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2922-2942

  Lau, Ngar Cheung ^a   Leetmaa, Ants ^a   Nath, Mary Jo ^a   Wang, Hai Lan ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WATERS;

EXTRATROPICAL ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; OCEANIC MIXED LAYER MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST) ANOMALIES; STATIONARY WAVE MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

EID: 24044451320     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3445.1     Document Type: Article

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