The influence of tropical Pacific forcing on the Arctic Oscillation

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-509

  Jia, Xiaojing ^a   Lin, Hai ^b   Derome, Jacques ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE FORCING; ENERGY FLOW; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VORTICITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 58849109047     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0401-y     Document Type: Article

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