Dynamics of the extratropical response to a tropical Atlantic SST anomaly

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 560-574

  Li, Shuanglin ^a,c   Robinson, Walter A ^b   Hoerling, Martin P ^a   Weickmann, Klaus M ^a  

^a EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; VORTEX FLOW;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LINEAR BAROCLINIC MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRANSIENT EDDY FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BAROCLINIC MODE; EDDY; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOPOTENTIAL; JET STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33847379813     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4014.1     Document Type: Article

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