Asymmetry of atmospheric circulation anomalies over the western north Pacific between El Niño and La Niña

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4807-4822

  Wu, Bo ^a   Li, Tim ^b   Zhou, Tianjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS HEATING; ANOMALOUS WINDS; ASYMMETRIC RESPONSE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ENHANCED SURFACE; IN-SITU; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUXES; SURFACE WIND ANOMALIES; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEATING;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AMPLITUDE; ASYMMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO; EVAPORATION; HEATING; LA NINA; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77958083927     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3222.1     Document Type: Article

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