A simple atmospheric model of the local and teleconnection responses to tropical heating anomalies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 272-284

  Lee, Sang Ki ^a   Wang, Chunzai ^b   Mapes, Brian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELS; BACKGROUND FLOWS; BACKGROUND WINDS; BAROCLINIC; BAROTROPIC; GILL MODELS; HIGH-LATITUDES; LOCALIZED HEATING; ROSSBY WAVES; SUBTROPICAL JETS; SUMMER CLIMATES; TELECONNECTION; TELECONNECTIONS; THERMAL ADVECTIONS; WARM POOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TROPICS;

HEATING;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAROCLINIC MODE; CLIMATE MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEATING; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; WARM POOL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 64049094154     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2303.1     Document Type: Article

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