Intraseasonal modulation of the North Pacific storm track by tropical convection in boreal winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1122-1137

  Deng, Yi ^a   Jiang, Tianyu ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BOREAL WINTERS; CIRCULATION ANOMALIES; COMPOSITING; EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC; EDDY FORCING; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; ENERGY FLUXES; ENERGY GENERATIONS; EXTRATROPICAL; INDIAN OCEAN; INTRASEASONAL TIME SCALE; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MARITIME CONTINENT; NOAA SATELLITE; NORTH PACIFIC; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; REANALYSIS; STORM TRACK; SURFACE PRECIPITATION; TROPICAL CONVECTION; WESTERN PACIFIC;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; TROPICS;

STORMS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; CYCLONE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLUX; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; KINETIC ENERGY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOAA SATELLITE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPOSPHERE; WIND FIELD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79955000166     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3676.1     Document Type: Article

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