Response of the summer atmospheric circulation over East Asia to SST variability in the tropical Pacific

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 813-826

  Nagata, Rena ^a   Mikami, Takehiko ^b  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circulation cell; East Asia; Indian ocean; Interannual intraseasonal variability; North Pacific Ocean; Sea surface temperature; Subtropical high index

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIA; HIGH INDEX; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND EFFECTS;

TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HADLEY CELL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77951915533     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1909     Document Type: Article

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