Reorganization of tropical climate during El Niño: A weak temperature gradient approach

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5312-5329

  Lintner, Benjamin R ^a,b   Chiang, John C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); THERMAL GRADIENTS; TROPICS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GREENHOUSE GAS WARMING; WEAK TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

EID: 31544455252     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3580.1     Document Type: Article

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