The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Modoki signal in the stratosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Zubiaurre, I ^a   Calvo, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPOSPHERE;

ALEUTIAN LOW; BOREAL WINTERS; COMMUNITY CLIMATE MODELS; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO EVENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MODEL SIMULATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POLAR STRATOSPHERE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION PATTERNS; TELECONNECTIONS; TROPICAL CONVECTION; TROPICAL TROPOSPHERE;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SIGNAL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STRATOSPHERE; TELECONNECTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 84857732682     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016690     Document Type: Article

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