How the annual cycle affects the extratropical response to ENSO

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Jin, Daeho ^a,b   Kirtman, Ben P ^b,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TROPICS;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTION; EXTRATROPICAL; EXTRATROPICS; MIXED-LAYER MODELS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PHASE LOCKED; REMOTE FORCING; REMOTE RESPONSE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES; ZONAL MEANS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANNUAL CYCLE; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 77950104532     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012660     Document Type: Article

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