Mapping the relationship between Northern Hemisphere winter surface air temperature and the Madden-Julian oscillation

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2439-2454

  Zhou, Yang ^a   Thompson, Keith R ^b   Lu, Youyu ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Madden Julian oscillation; Northern Hemisphere; Regression analysis; Surface temperature; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC RESPONSE; BOREAL WINTERS; COMPOSITING; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; EXTRATROPICS; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; LINEAR MODEL; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MODELING APPROACH; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PHASE MAPS; STATE VARIABLES; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE WINDS; TELECONNECTIONS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MAPPING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052408034     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011MWR3587.1     Document Type: Article

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