On the location and orientation of the South Pacific Convergence Zone

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 561-578

  Widlansky, Matthew J ^a   Webster, Peter J ^a   Hoyos, Carlos D ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; South Pacific Convergence Zone; Southern Hemisphere Convergence Zones; Wave energy accumulation; Zonal stretching deformation

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 79551585849     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0871-6     Document Type: Article

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