The response in the Pacific to the sun's decadal peaks and contrasts to cold events in the Southern Oscillation

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1046-1055

  van Loon, Harry ^a,b   Meehl, Gerald A ^b  

^a NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar variability; Tropical pacific

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA LEVEL; TROPOSPHERE; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

QUISI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOLAR VARIABILITY; TROPICAL PACIFIC;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 41949125193     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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