The effect of explosive tropical volcanism on ENSO

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2178-2191

  McGregor, Shayne ^a   Timmermann, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC RESPONSE; CLOUD ALBEDO; COMMUNITY CLIMATE SYSTEM MODEL; COUPLED GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; NEWTONIANS; PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; STRESS CHANGES; TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN; VOLCANIC AEROSOLS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS; VOLCANIC FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; THERMOSTATS;

VOLCANOES;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; HEAT BUDGET; HEAT FLOW; LA NINA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIATIVE FORCING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; UPWELLING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79958163143     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3990.1     Document Type: Article

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