The modulation of ENSO variability in CCSM3 by extratropical Rossby waves

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 5839-5853

  Mcgregor, Shayne ^a   Gupta, Alex Sen ^b   Holbrook, Neil J ^c   Power, Scott B ^d  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ENSO EVENTS; EQUATORIAL PACIFIC; EXTRA-TROPICAL ROSSBY WAVES; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; INTER-DECADAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL; INTERDECADAL; OCEANIC WAVES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; ROSSBY WAVE; ROSSBY WAVE MECHANISMS; SHALLOW-WATER MODELS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; WESTERN BOUNDARY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPLEXATION; MODULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; STREAM FLOW; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COUPLING; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; SHALLOW WATER; THERMOCLINE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77649281648     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2922.1     Document Type: Article

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