Westerly wind bursts and their relationship with ENSO in CMIP3 models

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Seiki, Ayako ^a   Takayabu, Yukari N ^a,b   Yasuda, Tamaki ^c   Sato, Naoki ^a,d   Takahashi, Chiharu ^a   Yoneyama, Kunio ^a   Shirooka, Ryuichi ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; WIND STRESS;

CLIMATE RESEARCH; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; DOMINANT MODE; EASTERN PACIFIC; INDIAN OCEAN; INTRASEASONAL DISTURBANCES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WARM POOLS; WESTERLY WIND BURSTS; WESTERN PACIFIC;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WESTERLY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 79951483207     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015039     Document Type: Article

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