Are tropical SST trends changing the global teleconnection during La Niña?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Kumar, Arun ^a   Jha, Bhaskar ^a   L'Heureux, Michelle ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TELECONNECTIONS; EASTERN PACIFIC; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERANNUAL; MIDLATITUDES; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL PREDICTION; SIMULATED RESPONSE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TELECONNECTIONS; WARM POOLS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

TROPICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; WARM POOL;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

NIA;

EID: 77954440985     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL043394     Document Type: Article

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