Modulation of westerly wind bursts by sea surface temperature: A semistochastic feedback for ENSO

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3281-3295

  Gebbie, Geoffrey ^a   Eisenman, Ian ^a   Wittenberg, Andrew ^b   Tziperman, Eli ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS; WIND BURST DYNAMICS;

WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY; SURFACE WIND; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 34447249976     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4029.1     Document Type: Article

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