Role of air-sea interaction in the long persistence of El Niño-induced north Indian Ocean warming

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2023-2038

  Du, Yan ^a,b   Xie, Shang Ping ^b   Huang, Gang ^c   Hu, Kaiming ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; ANTI-SYMMETRIC; ATMOSPHERIC ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC PATTERN; CLIMATE PREDICTABILITY; DOUBLE PEAK; DOWN-WELLING; EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INDIAN OCEAN; MEAN-WINDS; MUTUAL INTERACTION; OCEAN DYNAMICS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURFACE EVAPORATION; TIO; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WALKER CIRCULATION; WIND ANOMALIES; WIND SPEED;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMOCLINE; WALKER CIRCULATION; WARMING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 64049110251     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2590.1     Document Type: Article

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