On the forcing of ENSO teleconnections by anomalous heating and cooling

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3225-3235

  DeWeaver, Eric ^a   Nigam, Sumant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COOLING; HEATING; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONVECTIVE HEATING; ENSO;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COOLING; DIABATIC PROCESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEATING; TELECONNECTION;

EID: 4444311011     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<3225:OTFOET>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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