Effects of Ekman transport on the NAO response to a tropical Atlantic SST anomaly

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 4803-4818

  Peng, Shiling ^a   Robinson, Walter A ^b   Li, Shuanglin ^a   Alexander, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL FORCING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EKMAN TRANSPORT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

EID: 33646830738     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3910.1     Document Type: Article

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