Impacts of El Niño and La Niña on the U.S. climate during northern summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2165-2177

  Wang, Zhuo ^a   Chang, C P ^a   Wang, Bin ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; STORMS; VORTICITY;

BAROTROPIC MODEL; EL NINO; LA NINA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CLIMATE EFFECT; EDDY; EL NINO; LA NINA; TRANSIENT FLOW; VORTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250637066     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4118.1     Document Type: Article

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