A coupled air-sea response mechanism to solar forcing in the Pacific region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2883-2897

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a,b   Branstator, Grant ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATOMIZERS; CARBON BLACK; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMMERCE; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FOG; GASES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LANTHANUM; MECHANISMS; MOISTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OZONE; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ENERGY; STRENGTHENING (METAL); SULFATE MINERALS; TROPICS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WATER LEVELS;

BLACK CARBON AEROSOLS; CLEAR SKY; COLDER WATER; CONVERGENCE ZONES; COUPLED CLIMATE MODELS; COUPLED MODELING; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; FEEDBACKS]; FORCINGS; GEOMETRICAL CONSIDERATIONS; INTER TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN SURFACES; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; ROSSBY WAVE RESPONSE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOLAR CYCLES; SOLAR FORCING; SOLAR OSCILLATIONS; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONE; SULFATE AEROSOLS; TRADE WINDS;

AEROSOLS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOLAR CYCLE; STRATOSPHERE; TRADE WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 46449091082     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1776.1     Document Type: Article

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