Winter persistence barrier of sea surface temperature in the northern tropical Atlantic associated with ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2285-2299

  Ding, Ruiqiang ^a   Li, Jianping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; ENSO; North Atlantic Oscillation; Sea surface temperature; Teleconnections; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENSO; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TELECONNECTIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; WARMING; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79958137407     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3784.1     Document Type: Article

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