Possible effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the strengthening relationship between the East Asian Summer monsoon and ENSO

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 794-800

  Wu, Zhiwei ^a,b   Li, Jianping ^a   Jiang, Zhihong ^c   He, Jinhai ^c   Zhu, Xiaoying ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Zhenjiang Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO; NAO; Summer monsoon

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; ENSO; INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; NAO; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; NORTHERN EURASIA; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; OKHOTSK SEA; QUADRUPOLES; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SUMMER MONSOON; WESTERN PACIFIC;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; URALS;

EID: 84856066346     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2309     Document Type: Article

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