Interhemispheric influence of the Atlantic warm pool on the Southeastern pacific

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 404-418

  Wang, Chunzai ^a   Lee, Sang Ki ^b   Mechoso, Carlos R ^c  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; GULF OF MEXICO; HEATING SOURCE; INTERANNUAL; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MULTI-DECADAL TIME SCALE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TWO-LEVEL MODELS; VORTICITY BALANCE; WARM POOLS; WARM WATER; ZONAL WIND;

TROPICS;

HADLEY CELL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; WALKER CIRCULATION; WARM POOL; WARM WATER; ZONAL WIND;

AMAZON BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77949340470     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3127.1     Document Type: Article

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