Pacific interdecadal climate variability: Linkages between the tropics and the North Pacific during boreal winter since 1900

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3109-3124

  Deser, Clara ^a   Phillips, Adam S ^a   Hurrell, James W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUDS; RAIN; TROPICS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; TROPICAL LINKAGES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLOUD COVER; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4444259428     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3109:PICVLB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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