The North Pacific Oscillation-West Pacific teleconnection pattern: Mature-phase structure and winter impacts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1979-1997

  Linkin, Megan E ^a   Nigam, Sumant ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MODULATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (AMS); ARCTIC SEA-ICE; EDDY FORCING; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHTS; HYDROCLIMATE; INTER COMPARISON; MARGINAL ICE ZONE (MIZ); MERIDIONAL DIPOLE; MID LATITUDES; MONTHLY SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; NORTH PACIFIC (CO); PACIFIC NORTHWEST (PNW); PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE (SLP); STATIONARY WAVES; STORM TRACKS; STRONG LINKS (SL); SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE (SAT); TELECONNECTION; TIME SCALING; WINTER PRECIPITATION; ZONAL WINDS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; JET; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STORM TRACK; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 45249104708     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2048.1     Document Type: Article

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