Decadal variability of Asian-Australian monsoon-ENSO-TBO relationships

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4925-4940

  Meehl, Gerald A ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asia; Australia; Biennial oscillation; Decadal variability; ENSO; Monsoons; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; DECADAL VARIABILITY; ENSO; MONSOONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TROPICS; TROPOSPHERE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TRADE WIND; TROPOSPHERE; WALKER CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 80053144363     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4015.1     Document Type: Article

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