ENSO-induced tropical convection variability over the Indian and western Pacific oceans during the northern winter as revealed by a self-organizing map

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Sakai, Kumi ^a   Kawamura, Ryuichi ^a   Iseri, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; TROPICS;

COUPLED PHENOMENA; DRIVEN MODE; EAST ASIA; EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; LOW FREQUENCY; LOWER TROPOSPHERE; MONSOON CIRCULATIONS; NONLINEAR CLASSIFICATION; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; REMOTE RESPONSE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; WESTERN PACIFIC OCEANS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; OCEANIC CONVECTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SELF ORGANIZATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL); JAPAN; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77958540547     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014415     Document Type: Article

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