Evolving anomalous SST patterns leading to ENSO extremes: Relations between the tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and the influence on the South American rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1119-1134

  Toshie Kayano, Mary ^a   Valéria Andreoli, Rita ^b   Ferreira de Souza, Rodrigo Augusto ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Climatology; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Tropical oceans

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EXTREME CONDITIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; LONG LEADS; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TIME-SCALES; TROPICAL ATLANTIC; TROPICAL OCEAN; WALKER CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL;

TROPICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WARMING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79958693850     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2135     Document Type: Article

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