Atmospheric centres of action associated with the Atlantic ITCZ position

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2091-2105

  Souza, Paula ^a   Cavalcanti, Iracema Fonseca Albuquerque ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic SST gradient; Atlantic subtropical highs; ITCZ; North Atlantic index; North Atlantic Oscillation

Indexed keywords

DOMINANT MODE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NAO INDEX; NEW INDICES; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION INDICES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHEAST BRAZIL; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TRADE WINDS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TROPICS;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CORRELATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71449091667     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1823     Document Type: Article

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