Variations in the three-dimensional structure of the atmospheric circulation with different flavors of El Niño

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2978-2991

  Trenberth, Kevin E ^a   Smith, Lesley ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOREAL WINTERS; CORE REGION; DIABATIC HEATING; EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ENSO EVENTS; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; EXTRATROPICS; FORCINGS; GLOBAL MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE; INDIAN OCEAN; MONTHLY MEAN ANOMALIES; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PEAK VALUES; REANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGN REVERSAL; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE FIELD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPATIAL STRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEATING; NANOFLUIDICS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DIABATIC PROCESS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); ROSSBY WAVE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL);

EID: 67650520162     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2691.1     Document Type: Article

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