Similarities between the tropical Atlantic seasonal cycle and ENSO: An energetics perspective

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Burls, N J ^a   Reason, C J C ^a   Penven, P ^a,b   Philander, S G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Centre Bretagne   (France)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STREAM FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BJERKNES FEEDBACK; DIFFERENT MODES; ENERGETIC ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY; SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL VARIATIONS; SEASONAL CYCLE; SEASONAL FORCING; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

FEEDBACK;

AMPLITUDE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENERGETICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOALING WAVE; THERMOCLINE; TROPICAL REGION; WIND DIRECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 81255197902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007164     Document Type: Article

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