Role of Rossby wave breaking in the west Pacific teleconnection

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Riviere G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEGATIVE PHASE; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; REANALYSIS; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTIONS; TIME LAG; WINTER MONTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; WAVE BREAKING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77953584327     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043309     Document Type: Article

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