Interannual variability in the subseasonal northward excursion of the Baiu front

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 2205-2216

  Tomita, Tomohiko ^a,b   Nonaka, Masami ^b   Yamaura, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air sea feedback; Baiu front; ENSO; Upper ocean mixed layer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC VARIATIONS; BAIU FRONT; ENSO; FIXED SURFACES; HEAT CAPACITIES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; POLARITY CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; QUASI-STATIONARY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SEASONAL THERMOCLINE; TELECONNECTIONS; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TIME-SCALES; UPPER OCEAN; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SPECIFIC HEAT; TROPICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC FRONT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MIXED LAYER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; THERMOCLINE; UPPER OCEAN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78149386915     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2040     Document Type: Article

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