Interannual variability of the Tropical Atlantic independent of and associated with ENSO: Part II. The South Tropical Atlantic

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1957-1976

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENSO; Equatorial Atlantic Oscillation; Ocean atmosphere interaction; Teleconnections; Tropical Atlantic variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EL NIO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); NORTH TROPICAL ATLANTIC; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; SOUTH TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 37849188693     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1342     Document Type: Article

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