The North Pacific climate transitions of the winters of 1976/77 and 1988/89

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1170-1183

  Yeh, Sang Wook ^a   Kang, Yune Jung ^b   Noh, Yign ^b   Miller, Arthur J ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN LOW; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BOREAL WINTERS; CLIMATE TRANSITION; GRID POINTS; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; POLAR REGIONS; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TROPICAL OCEAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL;

TROPICS;

ARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GYRE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOGA-COARE; WINTER;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79955045008     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3325.1     Document Type: Article

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