ENSO and its effects on the atmospheric heating processes

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-57

  Miyakoda, Kikuro ^a   Cherchi, Annalisa ^b   Navarra, Antonio ^b   Masina, Simona ^b   Ploshay, Jeff ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; HEATING; LA NINA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERIODICITY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84857858417     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.2012-103     Document Type: Article

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