Intraseasonal atmospheric variability in the extratropics and its relation to the onset of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 926-936

  Anderson, Bruce T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA LEVEL; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); EXTRATROPICS; SEASONAL-MEAN BOREAL WINTER VARIATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 33947384630     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4036.1     Document Type: Article

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