Tropical influence on boreal summer mid-latitude stationary waves

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1783-1798

  Douville, H ^a   Bielli, S ^a   Cassou, C ^b   Deque M ^a   Hall, N M J ^c   Tyteca, S ^a   Voldoire, A ^a  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Boreal summer; Climatology; Interannual variability; Seasonal predictability; Stationary waves; Tropical forcing

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; BOREAL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; GREENHOUSE GAS; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDING WAVE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; EUROPE;

EID: 80355144722     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-0997-1     Document Type: Article

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