Phase speed spectra and the latitude of surface westerlies: Interannual variability and global warming trend

Journal of Climate

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5942-5959

  Chen, Gang ^a   Lu, Jian ^b   Frierson, Dargan M W ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CLIMATE MODELS; DYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; EASTWARD PROPAGATION; EDDY MOMENTUM FLUXES; EXTRATROPICAL; GREEN HOUSE GAS; INTER ANNUALS; INTER-ANNUAL VARIABILITIES; INTERNAL VARIABILITIES; JET STREAMS; MIDLATITUDE; OCEAN MODELS; PHASE SPEED; POLEWARD SHIFTS; RE-ANALYSIS; WIND ANOMALIES;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LA NINA; WESTERLY;

EID: 60749085099     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2306.1     Document Type: Article

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