Variability of the North Atlantic subtropical high and associations with tropical sea-surface temperature

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 945-957

  Hasanean, H M ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

ENSO; Long term variations; North Atlantic Ocean; QBO; South Atlantic Ocean; SST; Subtropical high; Tropical Atlantic Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; OSCILLATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

INTER-ANNUAL VARIATIONS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 3142636767     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1042     Document Type: Article

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