Asymmetric responses of tropical precipitation during ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3411-3433

  Chou, Chia ^a,b   Lo, Min Hui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TROPOSPHERE;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MOIST STATIC ENERGY (MSE) TRANSPORT;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ADVECTION; ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HADLEY CELL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 34547883968     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI4197.1     Document Type: Article

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