A statistical-dynamical estimate of winter ENSO teleconnections in a future climate

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6624-6638

  Schneider, Edwin K ^a,b   Fennessy, Michael J ^b   Kinter III, James L ^a,b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CLIMATE SIMULATION; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; EXTERNAL FORCING; FORCINGS; FUTURE CLIMATE; MIDLATITUDES; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC; RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL FORCING; STATIONARY WAVES; TELECONNECTIONS; TIME SLICE; WAVE ACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; FLUXES; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDING WAVE; TELECONNECTION; WAVE DISPERSION; WINTER;

EID: 77649279823     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3147.1     Document Type: Article

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