On the summertime strengthening of the Northern Hemisphere Pacific sea level pressure anticyclone

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1174-1192

  Nigam, Sumant ^a   Chan, Steven C ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN MONSOONS; AUSTRAL WINTERS; EXTRATROPICS; HADLEY CELLS; MID-LATITUDES; MODELING RESULTS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN BASINS; PACIFIC SECTORS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; SEASONALITY; WINTER STORMS;

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEA LEVEL; SEAWATER; STORMS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; HADLEY CELL; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONALITY; SUMMER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 64049119983     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2322.1     Document Type: Article

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