Interannual variability of the tropical Atlantic independent of and associated with ENSO: Part I. The North Tropical Atlantic

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1937-1956

  Handoh, Itsuki C ^a,b   Matthews, Adrian J ^a   Bigg, Grant R ^b   Stevens, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENSO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Ocean atmosphere interaction; Teleconnections; Tropical atlantic variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BANDPASS FILTERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; WAVE PROPAGATION; WIND STRESS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); NORTH TROPICAL ATLANTIC; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM; TROPICAL ATLANTIC VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WIND; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WALKER CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 37849185547     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1343     Document Type: Article

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