The dynamics of the ENSO-Atlantic hurricane teleconnection: ENSO-related changes to the North African-Asian jet affect basin tropical cyclogenesis

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2458-2482

  Shaman, Jeffrey ^a   Esbensen, Steven K ^a   Maloney, Eric D ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC BASIN; ATLANTIC HURRICANE; BAROTROPIC; CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN; HURRICANE SEASON; O-CONDITIONS; ROSSBY WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPICAL CYCLOGENESIS; TROPICAL STORMS; VORTICITY EQUATION; WAVE NUMBERS; ZONAL WIND;

DYNAMICS; HURRICANES; JETS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; STORMS; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY;

TROPICS;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; BASIN; CYCLOGENESIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HURRICANE; JET; ROSSBY WAVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE; VORTICITY; WAVE PROPAGATION; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL);

EID: 66849097947     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2360.1     Document Type: Article

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