Simulation of the 1976/77 climate transition over the North Pacific: Sensitivity to tropical forcing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 6170-6180

  Deser, Clara ^a   Phillips, Adam S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TROPICS;

CLIMATE TRANSITION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL FORCING; WINTER ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33846137633     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3963.1     Document Type: Article

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