Changes to the North Atlantic subtropical high and its role in the intensification of summer rainfall variability in the southeastern United States

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1499-1506

  Li, Wenhong ^a   Li, Laifang ^a   Fu, Rong ^b   Deng, Yi ^c   Wang, Hui ^d,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticyclones; North Atlantic Ocean; Rainfall; Subtropics; Summer warm season

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; RAINFALL; SUBTROPICS; SUMMER/WARM SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954999823     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3829.1     Document Type: Article

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