Interaction between near-annual and ENSO modes in a CGCM simulation: Role of the equatorial background mean state

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1035-1052

  Dewitte, Boris ^a   Cibot, Carole ^b   Périgaud, Claire ^c   An, Soon Il ^d   Terray, Laurent ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CLIMATOLOGICAL FIELDS; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL (CGCM); EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); SEASONAL ZONAL CURRENT; TEMPERATURE ADVECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADVECTION; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 34147144708     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4060.1     Document Type: Article

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