Teleconnected influence of North Atlantic sea surface temperature on the El Niño onset

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 663-676

  Wang, Xin ^a,c   Wang, Chunzai ^b   Zhou, Wen ^c   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Song, Jie ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WINTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CASPIAN SEA; ENGLAND; LAKE BAIKAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960980279     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0833-z     Document Type: Article

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