Southern "annular modes" simulated by a climate model - Patterns, mechanisms, and uses

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3113-3131

  Watterson, Ian G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; AUTOCORRELATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

CLIMATE MODEL; LOCAL WIND; SURFACE PRESSURE; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EDDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE PRESSURE; ZONAL WIND;

EID: 34948911495     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS4014.1     Document Type: Article

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