Influence of the meridional shifts of the Kuroshio and the Oyashio Extensions on the atmospheric circulation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 762-777

  Frankignoul, Claude ^a   Chael, Nathalie Senné ^a   Kwon, Young Oh ^b   Alexander, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Currents

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BAROTROPIC; CURRENTS; FRONTAL DISPLACEMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; KAMCHATKA; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; NORTH PACIFIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SST ANOMALIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELECONNECTIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; OCEAN CURRENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79953801188     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3731.1     Document Type: Article

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